Managing SMB File Sharing and Windows Interoperability in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

Configuring the WINS Service

This section provides information about configuring the SMB server as a client to the WINS service. Configuring the WINS service enables the system to use the NetBIOS name service.

If you are integrating an SMB server in an environment that has a WINS server, you can use WINS for name resolution.

For information about excluding IP addresses from WINS resolution, see Excluding IP Addresses From WINS Name Resolution.

For information about configuring other applicable services, see Configuring the SMB Server – Process Overview.

How to Configure WINS

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Specify the IP address of the primary WINS server.

   The primary WINS server is the server consulted first for NetBIOS name resolution.

   # sharectl set -p wins_server_1=IP-address smb

3. (Optional) Specify the IP address of the secondary WINS server.

   If the primary WINS server does not respond, the system consults the secondary WINS server to perform NetBIOS name resolution.

   # sharectl set -p wins_server_2=IP-address smb