Siemens V4.0 manual Wins.cfg file

Configuring Advanced Server for UNIX Configuring NetBIOS

The chapter “Implementing WINS” contains more comprehensive explanations on how WINS clients communicate with WINS servers.

Name resolution on an Advanced Server for UNIX computer is configured by editing two textfiles in the /var/opt/nbrfc/conf directory:

●The wins.cfg file is used to configure an Advanced Server for UNIX computer as a WINS client.

●The names.cfg file is used to specify static mappings of NetBIOS names to IP addresses. The following sections explain the usage of both files.

5.1.3.1The wins.cfg file

In file wins.cfg you can enter two WINS server addresses by which means the Advanced Server for UNIX computer is configured as a WINS client. This file, together with a corre- sponding template file wins.sam, is automatically created in /var/opt/nbrfc/conf during instal- lation of the nbrfc package if it does not already exist.

To configure an Advanced Server for UNIX computer as a WINS client:

ÊEdit wins.cfg and fill in the IP addresses of a primary and a secondary WINS server. Any WINS-Server within reach – NT WINS or Advanced Server for UNIX 4.0 WINS – can be used.

ÊRun the file wins.cfg as a sh script:

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The last command is executed automatically whenever NetBIOS starts, e.g. at system startup.

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