How do I make my ubuntu linux machine be the WINS host for my Windows networking workgroup?

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Set wins support to yes in the smb. Cnf config file You should just need to edit the smb. Conf file at:/etc/samba/smb.

Conf First make a backup copy of your smb. Conf file ie (sudo cp /etc/samba/smb. Conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.

Original). Then you can set up Samba as a WINS server by setting the wins support parameter in the configuration file, like this:globalwins support = yesThat should generally be all you need to do. For most installations, Samba's default configuration is sufficient.

References:http://linux.about.com/od/ubusrv_doc/a/ubusg33t01.htmhttp://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.htmlhttp://de4.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch07.html Sources: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=65385&highlight=wins .

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