Is there any way to set up a backup WINS specification in dhcp/Win NT/Samba? Having my WINS server go down the last few days made this a little more desirable, especially since when I noticed the service was dead, I wasn't able to reboot it for a few hours due to usage. Thanks, Bill -- Bill Eldridge Radio Free Asia bill@rfa.org
> From: "Bill Eldridge" <bill@rfa.org> > To: <samba@samba.anu.edu.au> > Subject: Again - backup WINS server? > Message-ID: <012e01bde5c5$a745f620$19001eac@mudman.rfa.org> > > > Is there any way to set up a backup WINS > specification in dhcp/Win NT/Samba? > > Having my WINS server go down the last > few days made this a little more desirable, > especially since when I noticed the service > was dead, I wasn't able to reboot it for a few > hours due to usage.If nmbd dies, you dont need to reboot the entire server. Just restart nmbd. My network manages to randomly kill nmbd (I think there might be a bug in the browse list exchange part), and when I get a call about it, (ie people cant login) we just restart the nmbd program. The users already connected are none the wiser. This is actually one of the things I like about running a Unix/Samba server, when one service dies, the entire system doesnt have to be taken down to fix it. (Well most of the time anyway). My server rarely gets rebooted, and then usually only after installing Solaris kernel patches.
From: Matthew Geier <matthew@janus.law.usyd.edu.au>> If nmbd dies, you dont need to reboot the entire server. Just restart >nmbd. > My network manages to randomly kill nmbd (I think there might be a bug >in the browse list exchange part), and when I get a call about it, (ie >people cant login) we just restart the nmbd program. The users already >connected are none the wiser.I don't have these problems with Samba 1.9.18p6, but try starting nmbd from inetd, so it will be relaunched automatically when the next netbios-ns packet arrives after a crash. cu.. Stefan +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Customer: I'm using Windows '95. Hotline: Ok, got that one. | | Customer: It's not working. Hotline: You already said that. | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
>> Is there any way to set up a backup WINS >> specification in dhcp/Win NT/Samba? >> >> Having my WINS server go down the last >> few days made this a little more desirable, >> especially since when I noticed the service >> was dead, I wasn't able to reboot it for a few >> hours due to usage. > > > If nmbd dies, you dont need to reboot the entire server. Just restart >nmbd.Would be lovely if I was running WINS off Linux, but I'm not - I'm using an NT machine, and if one goes down, I'd like to go to our NT BDC. If I could enter a list of WINS servers, when my flaky PDC goes down, everyone happily uses the BDC without waiting 6 hours for me to recover it.