Hi All, Now that I have winbind running and wins support = yes in my smb.conf, am I missing something? Like setting up WINS, configuring it, populating it, etc.? Can someone point me to documentation on what to do (administrate) WINS? Many thanks, -T
Günter Kukkukk
2009-Mar-29 03:06 UTC
[Samba] Does WINS need to be populated or configured?
Am Sonntag, 29. M?rz 2009 schrieb MargoAndTodd:> Hi All, > > Now that I have winbind running and > wins support = yes > in my smb.conf, am I missing something? > Like setting up WINS, configuring it, > populating it, etc.? > > Can someone point me to documentation on > what to do (administrate) WINS? > > Many thanks, > -THave a look here: http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2576622 Cheers, G?nter
G?nter Kukkukk wrote:> Am Sonntag, 29. M?rz 2009 schrieb MargoAndTodd: >> Hi All, >> >> Now that I have winbind running and >> wins support = yes >> in my smb.conf, am I missing something? >> Like setting up WINS, configuring it, >> populating it, etc.? >> >> Can someone point me to documentation on >> what to do (administrate) WINS? >> >> Many thanks, >> -T > > Have a look here: > http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2576622 > > Cheers, G?nter >Hi Gunter, Great reference! My wins.dat is located in /var/lock/samba/wins.dat and it is full of stuff (and now I know where it is located, so I can back it up). Also, wins.dat populates itself. (Much easier than bind, which required "vi" to administrate.) Thank you! -T
> ..... Original Message ....... > On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:51:37 -0700 "MargoAndTodd" <margoandtodd@gmail.com> wrote: >> G?nter Kukkukk wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, 29. M?rz 2009 schrieb MargoAndTodd: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Now that I have winbind running and >>>> wins support = yes >>>> in my smb.conf, am I missing something? >>>> Like setting up WINS, configuring it, >>>> populating it, etc.? >>>> >>>> Can someone point me to documentation on >>>> what to do (administrate) WINS? >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> -T >>> Have a look here: >>> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2576622 >>> >>> Cheers, G?nter >>> >> Hi Gunter, >> >> Great reference! My wins.dat is located in /var/lock/samba/wins.dat >> and it is full of stuff (and now I know where it is located, so I >> can back it up). >> >> Also, wins.dat populates itself. (Much easier than bind, which >> required "vi" to administrate.) >> >> Thank you! >> -T >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/sambaRyan Novosielski wrote: > You really don't need to back up that file. I'm not sure I could think of a potential advantage. > > You might want to have a look at the docs that talk about the .tdb files too. I forget what section, but it's very informative. > Hi Ryan, Upon greater pondering and reading your letter, I do believe that this database can repopulate itself, if I ever have to do a restore. I think I was just having a knee jerk reaction: database must be backed up. Thank you for the help! -T