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Wait! What about the /tmp/lib/samba/wins.tdb file? According to this (even though it refers to Samba 3, it applies to Samba 4): https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/old/Samba3-HOWTO/tdb.html, the wins.tdb file is used for "permanent storage" (IE static WINS entries). Can it be edited (in a useful manner)? No, because it is a binary file, not a text file. How is information input into it? Using the NET command? We'll see. | Wait! What about the /tmp/lib/samba/wins.tdb file? According to this (even though it refers to Samba 3, it applies to Samba 4): https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/old/Samba3-HOWTO/tdb.html, the wins.tdb file is used for "permanent storage" (IE static WINS entries). Can it be edited (in a useful manner)? No, because it is a binary file, not a text file. How is information input into it? Using the NET command? We'll see. | ||
How about the TDBTOOL (It's like the MySQL Command, in that it opens it's own small interpreter environment)? More information here: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/3.2/man-html/tdbtool.8.html Nope, that's a big rabbit hole that won't help. | How about the TDBTOOL (It's like the MySQL Command, in that it opens it's own small interpreter environment)? More information here: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/3.2/man-html/tdbtool.8.html Nope, that's a big rabbit hole that won't help much. Starting off with this; | ||
* tdbtool | |||
* open /var/lib/samba/wins.tbd | |||
* ...all the general "display" commands like LIST or DUMP, etc work | |||
* ...but a specific command, even a read only one like show WhatEverKey, doesn't work (and that's trying the KeyName and the KeyName followed by all the periods) | |||
Ahhh! Here's the answer, with the best tip coming from this site: https://samba.samba.narkive.com/UPIyT5mM/samba-as-a-wins-server But alone that isn't enough as the static entries need to be made so they can persist across router reboots. | Ahhh! Here's the answer, with the best tip coming from this site: https://samba.samba.narkive.com/UPIyT5mM/samba-as-a-wins-server But alone that isn't enough as the static entries need to be made so they can persist across router reboots. | ||