Hello, i try to use windows wins with samba pdc, but i face the following problem: When PDC samba start, nmbd is broadcasting a request for domain master browser (domain is TEST). I see this in nmbd log file: "become_domain_master_browser_wins: querying WINS server from IP 0.0.0.0 for domain master browser name TEST<1b> on workgroup TEST" but it fails and reports: "nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_query_fail(260) become_domain_master_query_fail: Error 0 returned when querying WINS server for name TEST<1b>." with a wireshark, on windows server 2003, i see that the samba PDC is broadcasting for TEST<1b>, therefore WINS on windows server does not respond. With my limited knowledge, i think, that nmbd should not broadcast for a domain master browser, but he should ask directly WINS server. And then the WINS server should tell him, that he is the master browser. And then nmbd should update browse list from WINS server. But in this case, how does the WINS server know, who is the domain master browser? I thanks anybody who will help! Best regards, Egon pavlica p.s. samba version 3.0.32, hostnames in smb.conf are changed netbios name = master workgroup = TEST server string = master(PDC) hosts allow = 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.30.32/27 192.168.30.64/27 interfaces = lo eth1 eth2 bind interfaces only = yes hide unreadable = yes hide dot files = yes host msdfs = yes domain logons = yes logon script = login.bat OR %U.bat logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U logon drive = Y: logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile wins support = no domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 150 name resolve order = wins bcast host wins server = 192.168.30.38 time server = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 log level = 1 syslog = 0 unix charset = UTF-8 dos charset = CP1250 guest account = nobody dont descend = /proc,/dev,/etc,/lib,/lost+found,/initrd default case = lower preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes case sensitive = no directory mask = 0775 create mask = 0664 inherit acls = yes dos filemode = yes username map = /etc/samba/smbusers security = user encrypt passwords = yes enable privileges = yes null passwords = no obey pam restrictions = no ldap passwd sync = Yes passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://<masterldapserver> ldap://<slaveldapserver" ldap admin dn = cn=samba,ou=DSA,dc=TEST ldap suffix = dc=TEST ldap group suffix = ou=Groups ldap user suffix = ou=Users ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap idmap backend = ldap:"ldap://<masterldapserver> ldap://<slaveldapserver>" idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind trusted domains only = yes map acl inherit = Yes ldap ssl = start_tls ldap delete dn = Yes add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u" delete user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-userdel -r "%u" add group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g" delete group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g" add user to group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g" delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g" set primary group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u" add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u" #to disable printers load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 [netlogon] path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon guest ok = no read only = yes browseable = no write list = root [profiles] path = /var/lib/samba/profiles browseable = no writeable = yes hide files = /desktop.ini/ntuser.ini/NTUSER.*/ create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 csc policy = disable profile acls = yes force user = %U valid users = %U @"Domain Admins" [homes] path = /home/%U browseable = no valid users = %S read only = no guest ok = no msdfs root = yes