> > Just a silly idea don't know even if it works: If you are > in control > > of the link how about messing with the wins.dat file? When the link > > gets up you exchange/merge wins.dat files from both servers and > > restart nmbds... For example all machines in one net are > called with a > > distinctive a_ in name so you grep in b network in the > wins.dat file > > and replace all a_ entries with the new ones. Same for the other > > wins.dat for hosts named b_whatever. > > > wins.dat has simple format, > so it's possible to detect fi any machines are registered on > a secondary WINS server, replace/add this data to the primary > WINS server's wins.dat,
The idea is not to add to the primary but also to bring back the data FROM the primary to the secondary. A more elegant approach will be to detect the link is down and DELETE from secondary the "missing" primary machines! There seems to be one aspect you're missing: the damn browse list! IMO You'll have to change that too. > and kill&start nmbd (because I don't > know how to make it reread wins.dat). Oh, that was a problem for me too. > > Will this work? Exactly my point Michael: why don't you try and tell us? ;-) Long ago I had problems with a stupid NT server refusing to register himself at the wins... Without being rebooted; So all I did was to alter the wins.dat file "by hand"... It worked back then it was samba 2.2.0 or smth. I think it *should* work but someone has to try and bring back the knowledge... -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
