samba - Jun 2002 - use samba for WINS name resolution on solaris

I have a SUN/Solaris system that functions like a web proxy server.   In
our corporate environment, PC client/brower can access a web server
using URL with WINS name as well DNS.     Can Samba be configured to on
the system to support/resolve WINS names by pointing to corporate WINS
servers - in addition to DNS (configured in /etc/resolv.conf)?   Thanks.
 
James
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Yang, James H (Jhyang), SOLIT wrote:
> I have a SUN/Solaris system that functions like a web proxy server.   In
> our corporate environment, PC client/brower can access a web server
> using URL with WINS name as well DNS.     Can Samba be configured to on
> the system to support/resolve WINS names by pointing to corporate WINS
> servers - in addition to DNS (configured in /etc/resolv.conf)?   Thanks.
There is a NSS modules which uses wins (libnss_wins.so).
See the nsswitch/ directory in the Samba source distro.





cheers, jerry
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Jerry,

   Thanks for your help.  
   I followed instructions in:
   a. compile libnss_wins.so and install it in /lib
   b. modify the smb.conf file to have
         wins support = No
         wins server = IP-of-a-win-server
   c. modify nsswitch.conf file to have
         hosts:      files wins dns
   d. reboot the machine and make sure that smbd is running

   But it does not work - ping failed to resolve a WINS name.

   The installation is Samba v2.2.3 on a SUN/Solaris v2.6 machine.   In
the document, it does not mention support of Solaris platform.  
   Any idea?
   Thanks

James
   

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Carter [mailto:jerry@samba.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:00 AM
To: Yang, James H (Jhyang), SOLIT
Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] use samba for WINS name resolution on solaris

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Yang, James H (Jhyang), SOLIT wrote:
> I have a SUN/Solaris system that functions like a web proxy server.
In
> our corporate environment, PC client/brower can access a web server
> using URL with WINS name as well DNS.     Can Samba be configured to
on
> the system to support/resolve WINS names by pointing to corporate WINS
> servers - in addition to DNS (configured in /etc/resolv.conf)?
Thanks.

There is a NSS modules which uses wins (libnss_wins.so).
See the nsswitch/ directory in the Samba source distro.





cheers, jerry
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hewlett-Packard                                     http://www.hp.com
 SAMBA Team                                       http://www.samba.org
 --                                            http://www.plainjoe.org
 "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed.      ISBN
0-672-32269-2
 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--