On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:02:04AM +0400, Alex Torkhov wrote: > Hi, > > I looked at sources of nmbd, and did some experiments with it,
Why? You need to be looking at documentation, not at nmbd source. You need to understand how WINS proxy is designed instead of how you wish it would work for you. Since my last reply, I've gone ahead and done that work for you. Read on... > and see that that local announcement does not change WINS database. That is correct behavior. Here's evidence: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_WINS_und_Proxies.htm?id=2265 > I think that it is bug, and need to be patched. No, it's not a bug. It is working as designed. > I am talking about samba-2.2.5 now. > May be someone could patch it. > If it will be do for samba-3.0 or if it is already patched, please notify > me. Before anything gets changed you'll need to convince people that there is a good reason to change it. As for WINS proxy, it is an outdated feature with very limited utility. It was designed by Microsoft to provide support for older implementations which did not understand P-mode. What you are asking for is a new feature which would extend the normal behavior of WINS proxy. So, the real question is this: Why do you want a new proxy service that will convert broadcast-mode registrations into point-to-point registrations and pass them to the NBNS? Are you running B-mode systems that cannot be converted to run in H-mode? How would you avoid sending duplicate enteries for M- and H-mode nodes on the same LAN? If the WINS server sends a Negative Name Registration Response to the client, where will it actually go? Should the WINS server accept name registrations if the header IP does not match the registration IP? There's a lot more to this than shows on the surface. Chris -)----- -- Samba Team -- http://www.samba.org/ -)----- Christopher R. Hertel jCIFS Team -- http://jcifs.samba.org/ -)----- ubiqx development, uninq. ubiqx Team -- http://www.ubiqx.org/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OnLineBook -- http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
