samba - Oct 2006 - PDC as wins server

We have a Samba server which acts mainly as file server, but we want it to 
resolve host names for local machines. I have written some IP-hostname lines 
both in /etc/hosts and /etc/samba/lmhosts, and I have "wins support =
yes"
in smb.conf, but then from a Windows client I try to ping one of those hosts 
and it can't resolve the address.

I have tried some combinations of "name resolve order" and setting
"dns
proxy" to yes, but it's the same (now I left "dns proxy" to
no again). I
can't see in the logs that another host is making itself the WINS server 
(that happened some time ago but now it doesn't)

It resolves addresses of other hosts that appear in the Windows "Network 
neighborhood" and the address of the server from a Windows client, but
there
are other machines in the network that don't appear there (Linux machines 
that don't use the Samba server or even printers)

I don't know if this is important, but netstat in the server says that port 
1512 is not listening.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Toni

Do you have a DNS server? if not that might help you a lot.

Venlig Hilsen (Best Regards)
stud. med. Rune T?nnesen	
					

On Oct 04, 2006 10:27 AM, Toni Casueps <casueps@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We have a Samba server which acts mainly as file server, but we want
> it to
> resolve host names for local machines. I have written some IP-hostname
> lines
> both in /etc/hosts and /etc/samba/lmhosts, and I have "wins support
> yes"
> in smb.conf, but then from a Windows client I try to ping one of those
> hosts
> and it can't resolve the address.
> 
> I have tried some combinations of "name resolve order" and
setting
> "dns
> proxy" to yes, but it's the same (now I left "dns proxy"
to no again).
> I
> can't see in the logs that another host is making itself the WINS
> server
> (that happened some time ago but now it doesn't)
> 
> It resolves addresses of other hosts that appear in the Windows
> "Network
> neighborhood" and the address of the server from a Windows client, but
> there
> are other machines in the network that don't appear there (Linux
> machines
> that don't use the Samba server or even printers)
> 
> I don't know if this is important, but netstat in the server says that
> port
> 1512 is not listening.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
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Hi,
>>>We have a Samba server which acts mainly as file server, but we want
it
to
>>>resolve host names for local machines. I have written some
IP-hostname
lines
>>>both in /etc/hosts and /etc/samba/lmhosts, and I have "wins
support yes"
>>>in smb.conf, but then from a Windows client I try to ping one of
those
hosts
>>>and it can't resolve the address.
I don't think samba is designed to do the job of WINS/DNS which basically
resolves the IP-hostname.

The "/etc/hosts", "/etc/samba/lmhosts" and "wins
support is basically for
host operating system or for samba. I don't think you can get the hostname
resolved through these entries from the client. The wins support options
enables the host system to register itself in the WINS server.

For client to resolve the IP-hostname you can either use WINS, DNS or edit
the file
"c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
enter the IP and hostname in windows client and reload it ( i have forgotten
the actual command to reload/purge).

HTH
Aravinda
(Views expressed here are my personal opinion ONLY)

You can create a 'hosts' file, just like unix/linux hosts files in
\windows\system32\drivers\etc and that may work for you.
--Jesse

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+jesse.josserand=healthmarkets.com@lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+jesse.josserand=healthmarkets.com@lists.samba.org]
On Behalf Of Aravinda Guzzar
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:59 PM
To: Toni Casueps
Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] PDC as wins server

Hi,
>>>We have a Samba server which acts mainly as file server, but we want
it
to
>>>resolve host names for local machines. I have written some
IP-hostname
lines
>>>both in /etc/hosts and /etc/samba/lmhosts, and I have "wins
support yes"
>>>in smb.conf, but then from a Windows client I try to ping one of
those
hosts
>>>and it can't resolve the address.
I don't think samba is designed to do the job of WINS/DNS which
basically
resolves the IP-hostname.

The "/etc/hosts", "/etc/samba/lmhosts" and "wins
support is basically
for
host operating system or for samba. I don't think you can get the
hostname
resolved through these entries from the client. The wins support options
enables the host system to register itself in the WINS server.

For client to resolve the IP-hostname you can either use WINS, DNS or
edit
the file
"c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
enter the IP and hostname in windows client and reload it ( i have
forgotten
the actual command to reload/purge).

HTH
Aravinda
(Views expressed here are my personal opinion ONLY)
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