System information

82 Deploying Samba on IBM Eserver BladeCenter

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DUMMYBRANCH M23BK62W

FCD90020 FCR0A307

FSCLAN T22ROEHM

LINUX PORTAL1

MILKYWAY SATURN

PK_NW MSGTRX01

RAL400 AS4ACONSOLE

SCNF TAMAS02

WORKGROUP M23BK60L

WTRNTDM 78-BA897

5.1.3 Checking WINS

Checking the WINS server from the Samba server is done with the nmblookup command. The

nmbd daemon can be queried for the special Samba server string by executing the

command:

nmblookup -B localhost __SAMBA__

The output will look similar to Example 5-5 if the nmbd daemon is responding to requests.

Example 5-5 Query local for Samba servers

[root@portal1 root]# nmblookup -B localhost __SAMBA__

querying __SAMBA__ on 127.0.0.1

9.24.105.99 __SAMBA__<00>

All the Samba servers on the network will be listed by executing the command:

nmblookup __SAMBA__

Verify that the server is a member of the LINUX workgroup by executing the command:

nmblookup -B localhost LINUX

The output will look similar to Example 5-6 if it is a member of the workgroup.

Example 5-6 Query local for members of LINUX workgroup

[root@portal1 root]# nmblookup -B localhost LINUX

querying LINUX on 127.0.0.1

9.24.105.99 LINUX<00>

All the members of the LINUX workgroup on the local network will be seen by executing the

command:

nmblookup LINUX

Example 5-7 shows all members of the LINUX workgroup on the local network.

Example 5-7 All members of LINUX workgroup

[root@portal1 samba]# nmblookup LINUX

querying LINUX on 9.24.105.255

9.24.105.99 LINUX<00>

9.24.104.129 LINUX<00>

Note: The localhost address is being used as the broadcast address so the command will

only receive a response from the local nmbd daemon.