[KLUG Members] smb says wins has died

[bill]

It turns out the problem was in trying to tweak two adapters.

I did have

wins support = yes

But I had added:

bind interfaces only = yes
interfaces = eth0 192.168.0.1/24 127.

I was trying to get samba from binding to the external device, eth1.

In any case, the extra lines were somehow wiping out the name services due to a
problem with 127.

What does the 1/24 mean at the end of 192.168.0.1/24?  IP addresses 1 through
24?

Still wondering how to solve the problem, though.  Binding samba to eth0 only,
and keeping it off of eth1 entirely.  Somehow I need to account for 127.0.0.1

Term translation:  what does PDC and ISC mean in the text below?

kind regards,

bill

Adam Williams wrote:

> >The quick answer is that nmbd is/starts wins.
> >From the samba rpm original smb.conf file:
> >;   wins support = yes
>
> If you have no PDC on your network you want this set to yes (and
> obviously uncommented).   WINS is a huge improvement over previous
> browse list methods.
>
> > # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
> > #       Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but
> > NOT both
> > ;   wins server = w.x.y.z
>
> Right, only set this if you have a PDC,  then set it to the IP of the
> PDC.
>
> ># WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
> ># behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
> ># at least one  WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
> >;   wins proxy = yes
>
> You only need this if you have OS/2 or WfWg clients,  or I suppose, if
> you have WinXX clients you haven't setup to use WINS.
>
> It is also important to understand NetBIOS "node types"
> B (or 1)- Only broadcast on the local network
> P (or 2)- Will only contact the configured WINS server
> H (or 8)- Hybrid,  attempt to be P but fall back to B if we think there
> is a problem or the WINs server doesn't respond quickly enough.
>
> I'm not certain how you select node type when you setup the IP info on
> the client,  but if you use the ISC DHCP server that comes with RH it is
> as easy as adding two option clauses to you subnet stanza.
>
> option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.9;
> option netbios-node-type 2;
>
> By making everything go through the WINS server you both a) reduce
> broadcast traffic which is universally bad and 2) have an authoritative
> central source of information,  making it much easier to identify
> name-space related issues.
>
> The default node type is 8.
>
> Samba also lets one use WINS updates coming from the clients (WinXX
> machines register their own names when they boot up) to update DNS,
> which is very handy on a large network.  In addition to that Samba can
> convert client WIN queries (where is host fred) to DNS QUERIES.  If you
> do this WINS clients will get their answer on the first name-space query
> and not have to fall back and issue a separate DNS query.  (WINS clients
> always try WINS first and if that fails they try DNS).  If you put a
> replicant of your DNS database on your Samba box this can be a big boon
> for reducing background chatter on the network.
>
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