> > > > >>Can I specify more than one wins server in smb.conf to use both primary > > > > >>and secondary wins servers? > > > > >>If so, is this comma or space separated: > > > > >> e.g. wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > > > > This is not supported in 2.2.8a, it is in Samba-3.0.0. > > > > >>I am running Samba Version 2.2.8a from the www.sunfreeware.com packages on > > > > >>Solaris 9 on a Sun-Blade-100. > > > > Can samba-3.0.* act as primary/secondary wins server? > > > There is a utility called 'wrepld' that does WINS replication but it is > > > not complete and needs further work. Samba-3 does support WINS fail over > > > as a WINS client. nmbd does not do active WINS replication. > > Just curious how possible it would be to use an alternate (say LDAP) > > backend for the WINS data, much like what can be done with the SAM? > Yes. It is possible. We had a tdb backend during early Alpha test - works > fine, but we did not have tools to manage static entries and therefore > backed it out. If this is really an URGENT issue then file a bug report. > If this is just a "nice to have" feature let me suggest that we leave it > lie. We have very pressing priorities already.
Works for me; it is just in the "would be nice pile". > The issues we are working > on have for more reaching and penetrating importance than WINS replication > and fail-over WINS type concerns. Certainly. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba