Re: Samba problem needs translation

On Friday 10 March 2006 20:30, Craig White wrote:

I probably would...it settles the election issues. If there are other
samba servers, you 'might' want to set them to use 'wins server =
ip_addr_of_samba_based_wins_server'

I should point out though that man smb.conf /wins support
recommends that you not even bother turning it on for a single subnet at
all. Thus, don't go by me...I ALWAYS have it turned on but I ALWAYS use
domain logons, roaming profiles, etc...the things that make a Windows
network more robust and it's easiest for users if they can simply go to
'My Network Places' and browse the network quickly/smoothly.

There is another option *if* you have only WinNT, Win2K, WinXP type
Windows systems (i.e. no Win95/Win98/WinME) and that is not to use any
NetBIOS at all...turn off netbios on all the Windows systems and remove
the WINS support entry and then all name resolution should be done
through a local DNS server. WINS and browser elections and the like are
all about NetBIOS and with NetBIOS completely shut off...that ends the
discussion altogether. That would be the quieter/faster method but
probably more work to set up.

There's a lot to think about there, Craig. Tomorrow I'll start with the
dual-boot laptop and take a look at these issues. I think there is one Win98
box sporadically used, but I can probably get that out of the picture this
weekend.

This is a 3-generation family LAN, so necessarily family politics have to be
considered. I doubt if you would be happy if your mother-in-law wanted to
change something on your box when you feel that you don't have a problem ;-)
That being the position, I'm not sure that I will be able to do anything
about the W2K box. I'd love to get my hands on it - I'm sure that it is
hugely misconfigured, but I have to accept reality.

Anne

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