[KLUG Members] Dancing with Samba and Old Gals

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > On the Win98 Machine (murgen)
> > > C:\WINDOWS>nbtstat -a 192.168.15.108
> > >        NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
> > >    Name               Type         Status
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > MURGEN         <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
> > > RIVERWHY       <00>  GROUP       Registered
> > > MURGEN         <03>  UNIQUE      Registered
> > > MURGEN         <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
> > > MAJONES        <03>  UNIQUE      Registered
> > > RIVERWHY       <1E>  GROUP       Registered
> > > RIVERWHY       <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
> > > ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registered
> > > MAC Address = 00-0C-41-E6-AD-35
> > 00 is the Workstation service
> > 03 is the Messenger service
> > 20 is the File Server service
> > 1E is the Election service
> > 1D is the Master Browser
> > 01 is the Messenger Service for type U and the Master Browser for type G
> Ok.  I think I'm getting most of this.  Riverwhy is the local workgroup
> name.   Does <1D> point to a machine or to the workgroup?  There is no
> machine named riverwhy.  The samba server is named "charm".

There is a machine called "riverwhy",  the master browser assumes the
name of the workgroup/domain  in the 1D context until the next election.
Sort of like "Mr. President";  different guy [thank goodness] depending
on when you say it.

> > Notice how dreadfully complicated that is,  it is amazing these M$
> > technologies work at all.
> Only natural laws are uncomplicated.  All human tech tends toward
> complexity.  That's one of the ways scientists know when they've
> discovered fundamental principles instead of human causation.

I suspect it depends on how one defined "uncomplicated".   Neural
signaling, RNA replication, or astronomy via neutrino capture have
certainly have never brought the word "simplicity" to mind;  but I
suppose it also matters how far one deconstructs such a thing.