>Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 14:56:13 -0700 >To: jerry@eng.auburn.edu >From: Eric Songer <esonger@lads.is.lmco.com> >Subject: Re: Continuing IRIX Samba problems. > >At 11:40 AM 10/7/99 -0500, you wrote: > >>Seems that way. Is the WINS server you samba box or >>another server? > > My WINS server is a WinNT 4 Server that basically does domain logins, >backups, and WINS. I have access to the Server and I pulled up the WINS >Server Manager, and there is a fluky WINS Server listed with a crazy address >like 0.2XX.0.5 (I can get the address if it's important). I deleted it from >the WINS Server list and it reappeared. > Since I'm, not responsible for the NT server I hate to go much further, >unless I can point a finger at the WINS service. I'm not sure how to fix >the WINS on the NT server. I guess like all Micro$oft stuff: delete and >reinstall (in this case the WINS Service). > >>I'm assuming you remember that >> >> wins server >> wins support >> >>are mutually exclusive parameters. > > Thanks for the assumption, but in my case it is generally good to ask. I >know just enough to be dangerous. I have wins server set to the NT server's >address (and I double checked it), and wins support is set to the default, >which I believed was false, and that was what I wanted. > >Thank You, > >Eric