Error - should be sent to WINS server

[Wellington_Rodrigues]

Hi guys,

I was using the command tailf -f /var/log/messages and I came across a lot of error related to Wins server

Mar 26 13:20:06 dama nmbd[3648]: [2018/03/26 13:20:06.314661, 0] …/source3/nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:173(process_name_refresh_request)
Mar 26 13:20:06 dama nmbd[3648]: Error - should be sent to WINS server
Mar 26 13:20:06 dama nmbd[3648]: [2018/03/26 13:20:06.315373, 0] …/source3/nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:172(process_name_refresh_request)
Mar 26 13:20:06 dama nmbd[3648]: process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received for name PDC<00> from IP 192.168.3.222 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.

Mar 26 13:31:57 dama nmbd[4323]: process_name_registration_request: unicast name registration request received for name PDC<00> from IP 192.168.3.40 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET. Error - should be sent to WINS server

This started after I went into Configuration/Windows file server and selected the two Specil privileges options. I cleared it this options but the error still remains.
how to solve this?

[m.traeumner (Michael Träumner)]

I’ve found something at the web, perhaps it could help:

https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-October/053793.html

Beware, don’t edit smb.conf directly if you have to change something. Please build a custom template.

[Wellington_Rodrigues]

Any tips on how I can be building?

[m.traeumner (Michael Träumner)]

You can have a look at the documentation:

http://docs.nethserver.org/projects/nethserver-devel/en/v7/templates.html

and here is also a little explanation from me in another thread:

Substition dnsmasq by unbound?

The expand-template command builds a new config file from “system” templates and custom templates. If there are for example system tenmplates 10base, 20dns and 30dhcp and so on and you create a custom template 26unbound_rbl, after expanding templates you have a config file with 10base 20dns 26unbound_rbl 30dhcp If you want to change a value at a system template, for example 20dns, you have to copy it to templates-custom and change values there. At this case the system takes your custom temp…

[Wellington_Rodrigues]

Thank you.

[wbilger (Wayne Bilger)]

Sorry for bump an old thread, but I am having this same issue.
Did you figure out a way to suppress these messages, or find out why you were getting them?
I am not and I assume done need to be running a Wins server, and the default is supposed be disabled, which I think it is.
My /etc/samba/smb.conf shows the following;

wins server =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

IIUC the client (or the network DHCP server) has (or announces) the NethServer IP as WINS server.

As NS7 is not configured as WINS server it writes a log warning.

If that’s the case fix the client or DHCP server configuration.