Samba issues a NetBIOS name broadcast of the 1st token of the hostname (or whatever you configured for the SMB host name in smb.conf) as part of initialization (that's part of what nmbd does). Something out in your network is still listening to NetBIOS (probably your WINS server) and registered it because it received the NB broadcast. The WINS server admin can dump the cache and it will show where the entry came from.
If WINS is configured, some versions of Windows prefer it over DNS, and some do not (Win2K prefers it, XP tries DNS first, then falls back, I think Vista doesn't even try WINS unless you explicitly request it (finally!)). That would explain the inconsistency if the problem is two different Windows machines performing the query. Linux doesn't know spit about WINS. Only Samba does. > So, given that I didn't knowing try to use WINS (but I might have), and I > didn't install or bring up the DNS server, which, per the doc, would have > added the DNS entry, what might have caused this automagically process? > > Also, given that LINUX61 was created the same way, and a "ping linux61" > still fails? Ping from where? The Windows box? Or the other Linux? If Windows, does ipconfig /a show a WINS server configured? If Linux, then sure it wouldn't see it -- WINS is a Windows thing. If it's not in DNS, then Linux needs a DNS record, unless you're using an application like Samba which explicitly queries WINS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
