"Christopher R. Hertel" wrote: > Anyway, if the unexpected.tdb is the reason that winbindd needs nmbd, then > I think it could be made optional. I imagine that winbindd would be > sending regular name queries in order to find the PDC, probably looking > for <ntdomain>#1B. The 1B address is actually the DMB identifier, but in > Windows the DMB and PDC must be the same node. It is possible that a Node > Status query is also being sent, to verify that the 1B node also has the > 1C name registered (1C means "I am an NT Domain Controller). That could > be an issue with a Samba DMB. If that's the case, though, W/95 can't be a > PDC anyway so not getting a reply shouldn't be a problem. > > Again, I'm not in sync with the discussion so if that's totally bogus > please disregard.
We have to node status to get the *name* of the PDC, becouse the NETLOGON RPC requires that. Windows machines to a NETLOGON Mailslot message, but we don't do that at present. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net
