Folks
If a system is set up with the "wins proxy=yes" option, and is not set
up as a WINS server. That is:
preferred master = no
domain master = no
wins support = no
wins server = 123.123.123.123
local master = no
name resolve order = host wins bcast
dns proxy = yes
Will it still resolve WINS addresses if people incorrectly mark it as
WINS server or try to get it to resolve NetBIOS addresses via
nmblookup. That is, if it is asked about a NetBIOS name it does not
know about, will it either:
1) try to resolve using the "name resolve order"
2) pass it up to the WINS server to resolve
3) fail
Why I ask is that in this scenario, using nmblookup, I am getting the
errors:
% nmblookup -R -U 129.158.18.85 sm-cbne04-01
wins_srv_died(): Could not mark WINS server 129.158.18.85 down.
Address not found in server list.
name_query failed to find name sm-cbne04-01
At the other end in the nmbd logs:
[2002/04/10 16:22:28, 3] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:(466)
process_name_query_request: Name query from 129.158.18.248 on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET for name SM-CBNE04-01<00>
[2002/04/10 16:22:30, 3] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:(466)
process_name_query_request: Name query from 129.158.18.248 on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET for name SM-CBNE04-01<00>
[2002/04/10 16:22:33, 3] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:(466)
process_name_query_request: Name query from 129.158.18.248 on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET for name SM-CBNE04-01<00>
thanks
tony