> We are attempting to use an NT server and backup NT server as our WINS
> servers on a network with several unix systems which are running Samba. We
> would like the Samba systems to register with the main server if it is up
> and with the backup server if it is not. I see that you can specify a WINS
> server in the smb.conf file but I do not see any way to assign a secondary
> WINS. Is this option available in Samba?
no, it is not. it should be a fairly easy task to add such code in: if
repeated attempts to send to the first wins server fail, move to the
second, then third etc.
my first attempt at adding a state machine into samba lead to some
pretty ugly-looking code, and i've not felt a burning desire to mess
with it, since i tidied it up into the samba-2 branch, which has been
sitting idle for months.
luke