pinging doesn't mean the WINS service is running. Try sending a name resolution query to the WINS server using
nmblookup -R -U 172.16.0.121 MySQL Kenneth Illingsworth wrote: > > I played with the smb.config file long enough to get both the smbd and nmbd daemons >to run. Then ran TESTPARM against the correct smb,conf file without issue. Finally I >tried the following command: > > [root@cofr3 /]# smbclient -U illingsk -L MySQL > > added interface ip=172.17.60.6 bcast=172.17.63.255 nmask=255.255.248.0 > wins_srv_died(): WINS server 172.16.0.121 appears to be down. > Connection to MySQL failed > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The paradox to me is that I can ping the WINS server ok: > > C:\>ping -a 172.16.0.121 > > Pinging ELY [172.16.0.121] with 32 bytes of data: > > Reply from 172.16.0.121: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > Reply from 172.16.0.121: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > Reply from 172.16.0.121: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > Reply from 172.16.0.121: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > > Ping statistics for 172.16.0.121: > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms > -- ====================================================================== Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 650-933-2177 http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 ====================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
