--- Jonathan Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've a question regarding using WINS for resolving > names while on the unix > box. As I understand it, you're supposed to add > something to the > /etc/nsswitch.conf file, but it's not clear to me > whether it's supposed to > be 'wins', 'winbind', or 'winbindd' as in the > following example: > > hosts: files wins nisplus nis dns > hosts: files winbind nisplus nis dns > hosts: files winbindd nisplus nis dns > > Which is correct? (I'm not using nis, so I guess > those could be removed but > they aren't hurting anything by being there.)
winbind; nisplus and nis can indeed be removed if not used. > I believe I have the windbind options in smb.conf > configured correctly, and > winbindd is starting automatically. In my situation, > the Samba server is > also acting as a WINS server. Sometimes there is no link called /lib/libnss_winbind.so.2 created, which links to /lib/libnss_winbind.so so you might need to create one. Also, make sure winbind is started ps ax | grep winbind and run getent passwd You should see your usernames. /dev/idal __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
