Re: [Samba] Renewing WINS entries

[Leon Stringer]

Hi,

I may have answered my own question. I found a post
(http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2004-June/036153.html)
which says that Samba has trouble registering INet~Services.

What I see is the name apparently getting registered with WINS correctly
on startup and then WINS no longer resolving the name 5 days later.

So what I presume is happening is that the server name is registering
correctly when Windows starts up, the INet~Services name then gets
registered later (when IIS starts?). But 5 days later both names are
registered at the same time and this fails. (Which also explains why
nbtstat -RR files).

So:

1. Does the above scenario sound like the explanation?

2. I can't see this being fixed any the release notes, will it get
fixed?

I guess I'm better off using Windows WINS (Broken as Designed (TM))
until Samba implements the Windows bugs correctly...

Thanks,

Leon...


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[Samba] Renewing WINS entries

[Leon Stringer]

Hi,

I posted this ages ago (http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2004-
September/093635.html) and never solved the problem so I thought I'd ask
again as I've been digging deeper and have more information.

I'm using Samba as a WINS server but it's not working reliably. The
initial registration works fine on startup but renewals sometimes fail.

I tested with a server for which WINS wasn't resolving the name.

When Windows started it successfully registered its name with the WINS
server, i.e. tested successfully with nmblookup.

However, when I did 'nbtstat -RR' on the server this entry stopped
working, i.e. nmblookup no longer resolved the name.

I'm using Samba 3.0.4 and Red Hat 9. I realise this is an old version
but don't want to upgrade unless anyone is confident there's a fix in
there (I had a problematic upgrade once).

Thanks in advance for any help,

Leon...


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