Bug 225112 - wins server wins.dat fails to get updated on IP address change
Summary: wins server wins.dat fails to get updated on IP address change
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: samba
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Simo Sorce
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL:
Whiteboard: bzcl34nup
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-01-29 01:01 UTC by das_deniz
Modified: 2008-05-06 19:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-06 19:07:03 UTC
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Description das_deniz 2007-01-29 01:01:28 UTC
Description of problem:

setup is linux only home network with one box having 'wins support = yes' and
several clients pointing to it's IP - all have 'hosts: files wins dns' in their
/etc/nsswitch.conf

recently had to reset the flash for the router/DHCP server and one client got a
new IP address.  after which no other client could ping it by name EVEN AFTER
REBOOTING ALL DEVICES.

nmblookup was able to resolve the name to the new IP.

finally removing /var/cache/samba/wins.* and restarting smb on the wins server
and everything is fine. (this wasn't so easy to find - so i hope this has a nice
fix :)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

samba-swat-3.0.23c-2
samba-3.0.23c-2
system-config-samba-1.2.35-1.1
samba-client-3.0.23c-2
samba-common-3.0.23c-2

How reproducible:

well - do i have to go thru that again... i've reserved all the DHCP IPs

Steps to Reproduce:
1. small network with wins name resolution for them (w/o dns or any other for them)
2. change a client ip and restart it (reboot or restart networking)
3. try to have other clients ping it by name...
  
Actual results:

they won't be able to

Expected results:

they should be able to

Additional info:

my server is my mythbox... don't make me boot it to many times to test fixes :)

Comment 1 das_deniz 2007-01-29 14:13:00 UTC
Just a quick correction to the "AFTER REBOOTING ALL DEVICES" - I only rebooted
the clients - the wins server / mythbox did not get poked in the eye (but you
probably already knew that from the /var/cache bit...)

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 05:46:40 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 19:07:01 UTC
This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
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