samba - Mar 2010 - No subject

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Every few minutes, nmbd logs the following in /var/log/messages:

Apr 27 13:38:20 16test nmbd[2551]: [2010/04/27 13:38:20,  0]
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:337(become_domain_master_browser_wins)
Apr 27 13:38:20 16test nmbd[2551]:   become_domain_master_browser_wins:
Apr 27 13:38:20 16test nmbd[2551]:   Attempting to become domain master
browser on workgroup WORKGROUP, subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
Apr 27 13:38:20 16test nmbd[2551]: [2010/04/27 13:38:20,  0]
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:351(become_domain_master_browser_wins)
Apr 27 13:38:20 16test nmbd[2551]:   become_domain_master_browser_wins:
querying WINS server from IP 10.32.1.200 for domain master browser name
WORKGROUP<1b> on workgroup WORKGROUP
Apr 27 13:38:21 16test nmbd[2551]: [2010/04/27 13:38:21,  0]
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:235(become_domain_master_query_success)
Apr 27 13:38:21 16test nmbd[2551]:   become_domain_master_query_success:
Apr 27 13:38:21 16test nmbd[2551]:   There is already a domain master
browser at IP 10.32.1.201 for workgroup WORKGROUP registered on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET.

Shut down Samba, delete wins.dat, and restart Samba.  Messages
disappear.


Moray.
"To err is human.=A0 To purr, feline"