-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Message: 19 > Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 19:19:15 -0800 > From: Joseph Loo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: samba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Samba] winbind > > I have been looking a t winbind recently. Is it possible to configure > winbind and not join the microsoft network and use nss_wins to retrieve > the window host address? > > So far the It organization has not responded to a request to allow the > machine to join the microsoft network. I need to get the window machines > host ip address for the Linux system. >
AFAIK, nss_wins is useable without any other parts of samba. All you need is an smb.conf file listing your wins server. In fact, in Mandrake (since 8.1 or 8.2 I think) nss_wins has been a seperate package, relying only on samba-common (which provides the smb.conf). Regards, Buchan - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9x6xQrJK6UGDSBKcRAuf5AKCVHRxOtUdemky4wJQ1srWbarO1xACgsZfe S4bQaEuZ2ORhiK/YfI8FquQ= =L1WN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
