dammit! I thought I had already searched the hard drive for the wins.dat but just to make sure I searched again and it ended up in /var/cache/samba and it looks to be populated with current stuff! sorry bout that.. and thanks.
Jason -- Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise person to be able to sell it. On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Mac wrote: > >From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Samba] really tough question about wins database > >Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:01:55 -0400 (EDT) > > > >I sent this twice, but since nobody answered, I guess its not a "quick > >question" anymore. ;) > > > >Version 2.2.5 on 2.4.18-6mdk > > > > [smb.conf looks OKay] > > > > > >my question is, ive got wins turned on, smbd and nmbd are running, but > >there is no wins.dat in /usr/local/samba/var/locks > >actually there is nothing in that directory. > > > >why isnt it there? what am I missing? > > 2 reasons spring to my mind. Firstly, is that definately where the file > is supposed to be? If you didn't compile Samba from source (or even if > you did), you might not have noticed where the default 'locks' directory > is. I suspect (but can't check right now) that it's a location that > could be controlled by a compile-time option. > > Try 'find / -name wins.dat -print' and see if the file's been put > somewhere else. > > > Second option (which I don't think is likely). Is anyone actually using > your UNIX box as their WINS server? You've obviously got another > significant box around (your password server), are client PCs sending > their WINS registration to it instead? > > > > > Mac > Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Work: +44 1707 641000 x285 Everything else: +44 7956 237670 (anytime) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
