[Samba] nmbd multihomed registration request must be directed at a WINS server error
Dylan Cuthbert
I just got a new machine with Redhat Enterprise Workstation and samba
3.0.0-14 pre-installed. I am trying to connect it to my existing network
which has a redhat v8 samba v2 PDC controlling 16 or so win2k and winxp
machines.
In the nmbd log I get this error 3 times every 5 seconds or so:
nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:process_nmb_request(1448)
process_nmb_request: Multihomed registration request must be directed at a
WINS server.
What does this mean? Multihomed? The network is as simple as it gets,
there is one PDC (and WINS server), and 16 or so clients, and everybody is
on the same domain.
As far as I can see this error doesn't cause anything to fail (I can access
shares on the new machine fine) but I felt it best to check in case it comes
back to bite me later on.
Regards
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Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
http://www.q-games.com
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Dylan Cuthbert
I think this error seemed to be caused by my entry of a server name into the
"WINS Server" field, even though WINS support was turned off. Any idea why?
Deleting the name seemed to stop the warning/error cropping up.
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Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
http://www.q-games.com
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John H Terpstra
> mm.. no response, so I'll reply to myself :-)
>
> I think this error seemed to be caused by my entry of a server name into the
> "WINS Server" field, even though WINS support was turned off. Any idea why?
> Deleting the name seemed to stop the warning/error cropping up.
The "wins server =" parameter requires the IP Address of your WINS server.
Make sure that it is not the IP address of the Samba server if it is your
WINS server (ie: "wins support = yes" in smb.conf).
- John T.
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Dylan Cuthbert
My samba PDC server is on another machine with WINS support enabled. So I
should *not* put the ip address of that server in the wins server field on
my non-PDC samba server then?
When I put the address (well, actually, I put the samba name of the PDC) in
that field, I get those errors every five seconds in the nmbd log.
The file server seems to be working fine without the WINS server specified
so do I actually need to specify it?
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Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
http://www.q-games.com
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