Linux as a WINS Client

[John Thomas]

Yup, SAMBA. It is probably already installed on your system. Check for smb.conf
in the /etc or the /etc/samba.d subdirectory.

Martin Millson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have a network which uses both DNS and WINS. The DNS servers are
> based on WindowsNT V4 and if the name is not statically configured in DNS
> the DNS servers will look it up using WINS and return it to the client via
> DNS. This allows Windows and UNIX systems to see each other ok. We also use
> DHCP to configure the Windows Clients. I have a Linux Box that is configured
> using DHCP to obtain its IP address and DNS servers, but I would like it to
> register with the WINS server on the network, so that I can connect to it by
> name, as I won't know its IP address. Is there any software out there that
> can register Linux with a WINS server.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> MartinM

[Adam Williams]

Martin Millson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a network which uses both DNS and WINS. The DNS servers are
> based on WindowsNT V4 and if the name is not statically configured in DNS
> the DNS servers will look it up using WINS and return it to the client via
> DNS. This allows Windows and UNIX systems to see each other ok. We also use
> DHCP to configure the Windows Clients. I have a Linux Box that is configured
> using DHCP to obtain its IP address and DNS servers, but I would like it to
> register with the WINS server on the network, so that I can connect to it by
> name, as I won't know its IP address. Is there any software out there that
> can register Linux with a WINS server.
>

Samba (nmbd) can register your machine with a WINS server, or it can
even be a WINS server itself. Works Great. See www.samba.org
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[L'Hopital]

There is no need for software just run Samba. By default Samba will put
your box in the workgroup named "workgroup" change it to whatever workgroup
you want it to be( edit this file /etc/smb.conf) in and it will be added to
your Windows boxes browser lists. Now you can telnet "your machines name"
from any Windows machine. Plus if the account name is a valid user on the
Linux box you can access you directory from Network Neighborhood make sure
the password are the same though.

Joe wrote in message <3664A09F...@joed.smart.net>...

>Martin Millson wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a network which uses both DNS and WINS. The DNS servers are
>> based on WindowsNT V4 and if the name is not statically configured in DNS
>> the DNS servers will look it up using WINS and return it to the client
via
>> DNS. This allows Windows and UNIX systems to see each other ok. We also
use
>> DHCP to configure the Windows Clients. I have a Linux Box that is
configured
>> using DHCP to obtain its IP address and DNS servers, but I would like it
to
>> register with the WINS server on the network, so that I can connect to it
by
>> name, as I won't know its IP address. Is there any software out there
that
>> can register Linux with a WINS server.
>>

>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> MartinM
>>
>> Martin Alan Millson <martin....@morgul.demon.co.uk>
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>
> I've never tried to use linux as a wins client. But I have had problems
with using Microsoft's DNS
>Implementation with unix.
>