[TriLUG] Static Wins mapping

[Jon Carnes]

See the little used and often misunderstood "Wins Hook" parameter in 
smb.conf:
===
 wins hook (G)

              When  Samba is running as a WINS server this allows
              you to call an external program for all changes  to
              the  WINS database. The primary use for this option
              is to allow the dynamic  update  of  external  name
              resolution databases such as dynamic DNS.

              The  wins  hook  parameter  specifies the name of a
              script or executable that will be  called  as  fol­
              lows:

              wins_hook operation name nametype ttl IP_list

              The  first  argument is the operation and is one of
              "add", "delete", or "refresh". In  most  cases  the
              operation can be ignored as the rest of the parame­
              ters  provide  sufficient  information.  Note  that
              "refresh" may sometimes be called when the name has
              not previously been added, in that case  it  should
              be treated as an add.

              The  second  argument  is  the netbios name. If the
              name is not a legal name then the wins hook is  not
              called.  Legal  names contain only letters, digits,
              hyphens, underscores and periods.

              The third argument is the netbios name type as a  2
              digit hexadecimal number.

              The  fourth  argument is the TTL (time to live) for
              the name in seconds.

              The fifth  and  subsequent  arguments  are  the  IP
              addresses  currently  registered  for that name. If
              this list is empty then the name should be deleted.

              An  example  script that calls the BIND dynamic DNS
              update program "nsupdate" is provided in the  exam­
              ples directory of the Samba source code.
===

On Thursday 08 August 2002 06:11 am, Chris Knowles wrote:
> A question... is there a way to add a static mapping to the WINS server
> portion of samba?  Adding an entry to lmhosts only works for the host on
> which you make that change.
>
> The windows WINS server has the ability to do this, and samba is such a
> drop in replacement in other ways, I'm surprised.
>
> CJK
>
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