Subj : Re: NFS vs. Samba
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Larry I Smith
Date : Sat Dec 18 2004 11:15 pm

Gerald Meazell wrote:
> Larry I Smith wrote:
> 
>>
>> As Sybren mentioned, Samba can be a WINS server.
>> Look here for details:
>>
>> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html 
>>
>>
>>
> Thank you.  That has probably been the most help so far.  Read my 
> response to Sybren to see why I'm still having problems.  For example, 
> in the documentation you mention, it talks about a wins.dat file but 
> does not specifically say you have to populate it.  It implies that you 
> don't have to in one paragraph then appears to contradict itself in the 
> other.  There is no such file on my Samba system so I don't know if it's 
> necessary or not.
> 
> -- 
> Gerald

Well, I don't know - I've never had to use WINS (mostly used
unix - Solaris, and Linux).

Enable WINS support in smb.conf, restart the samba daemons,
edit the network config on each of the Windows pc's (put the
samba server's IP address in the WINS Server field),
and see if it works.  Note that it can take up to 5 minutes
for the Windows pc's to announce themselves to the WINS server.

You might want to use the Swat Web GUI tool to admin the samba
server's config.
If you are sitting in front of the samba server and it's running
a GUI desktop (KDE, GNOME, etc), point your Web Browser to
  http://localhost:901

 From any other machine, point the Web browser to
   http://IP_address_of_the_samba_server:901

Good luck,
Larry

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