[CentOS] DNS problem while trying to join windows 7 to samba3x pdc

Thu Jul 8 19:46:41 UTC 2010
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 14:36 -0500, Doug Coats wrote:
> I just did a checkconfig on the PDC in question 192.168.6.1.  And I
> noticed something that might be nothing but it puzzles me.  The nmb
> service is set to "off" at all run levels.  If I check the nmb status
> it says that it is stopped.  Doesn't Samba need that for net-bios
> support?  I am probably showing my ignorace here but what is the
> connection between net-bios names and WINS?
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man nmbd

it has EVERYTHING to do with netbios

Craig



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