[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Samba, WINS support and smbclient not using

[Chris Cox]

Kyle Davenport wrote:
>>>I don't see libnss_wins  Would one of THESE be the correct file?
>>
> 
>>Nope.. Without libnss_wins.so, it will not work for you.
>>It used to be (apart from SuSE) that you had to compile libnss_wins.so
> 
> from the samba source...
> 
> Cluefish: you can search on rpmfind.net for this library (these searches
> don't work very well on mirrors) and you will find a list of rpm's
> containing it.  Apparently started being included in samba > 2.2.0 (depends
> on distribution).  Of course you can start with the source, but if your
> system is already rpm-based, you should stick with rpm's.

Make sure you match your distribution EXACTLY.  For example, samba
by default will look for smb.conf in the /usr/local/... tree.
A mismatch could cause confusion if your other samba programs are
looking elsewhere.

IMHO, if your distribution doesn't supply the library, compile the
latest stable copy... I'm not against RPM, but if the vendor
isn't doing to stay up to date, then I think hacking rpmfind
rpm's could just cause more problems.

I'm not trying to be a pain, but it definitely WAS NOT compiled by
default in 2.2.0... though available in the source tree.