On linux, WINS resolution is done with the libnss_wins.so module not
winbindd.
Richard Otten wrote:>
> I have a need for my Linux (2.2.20 kernel) application to resolve names
> which are only stored in WINS. To this end I am trying the winbindd
> daemon which is bundled with Samba 2.2.3a.
>
> I'm not at all interested in file sharing, user authentication, or any
> of the other wonderful features of Samba for this project.
>
> First I tried setting everything up with the Binary distribution for
> Red Hat 6.2. This seemed to go ok - wbinfo certainly works fine.
>
> Other applications do not.
>
> When I try something simple - "ping pchostname" - and wrap it
with strace
> I can definitely see the libnss_winbindd.so library is opened and parsed.
>
> Unfortunately no logging is taking place which might indicate why the
> library is unable to resolve a WINS host name (while wbinfo has no
problem).
>
> I tried bumping up the debug level on winbindd to '100'. Still, no
logging
> takes place when I do a "ping pchostname". (wbinfo does indeed
generate a
> lot of log information at this level though)
>
> Next I removed the pre-built package and tried grabbing and building Samba
> from source.
>
> I still get the exact same symptoms. wbinfo works fine. ping loads the
> library, but doesn't find anything in WINS.
>
> What else can I try?
> Does it work?
>
> The documentation doesn't really discuss the 'hosts' option
very much.
> I assume this means it works really well (and I'm missing something),
or it
> doesn't work very well at all.
>
> How does "hosts.conf" fit into all this?
> It seems redundant to nsswitch.conf. I've tried adding
'winbind' to hosts.conf
> as well, but the resolver urps on it.
>
> PS: The README in the source/nsswitch directory could use an update.
> It still references libnss_wins.so rather than libnss_winbind.so ...
>
> --
> Rick Otten
> O=='=++
>
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