When acting as a wins server, the nscd does not return the entries that are in the lmhosts file even though in the logs nmbd says it loaded them.


root@ubuntu:/opt# cat /opt/cs/lib/lmhosts
192.9.200.1    TESTPC
192.9.200.20   NTSERVER#20
192.9.200.21   SAMBASERVER

root@ubuntu:/opt# /opt/cs/sbin/nmbd -i | grep -i lmhosts
doing parameter name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
doing parameter name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 192.9.200.1 TESTPC
getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 192.9.200.20 NTSERVER#20
getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 192.9.200.21 SAMBASERVER
Loaded hosts file /opt/cs/lib/lmhosts


root@ubuntu:/opt# /opt/cs/bin/nmblookup -U localhost -R TESTPC
querying TESTPC on 127.0.0.1
Sending a packet of len 50 to (127.0.0.1) on port 137
read_udp_v4_socket: ip 127.0.0.1 port 35072 read: 56
parse_nmb: packet id = 21161
Received a packet of len 56 from (127.0.0.1) port 137
nmb packet from 127.0.0.1(137) header: id=21161 opcode=Query(0) response=Yes
    header: flags: bcast=No rec_avail=Yes rec_des=Yes trunc=No auth=Yes
    header: rcode=3 qdcount=0 ancount=1 nscount=0 arcount=0
    answers: nmb_name=TESTPC<00> rr_type=10 rr_class=1 ttl=0
Negative name query response, rcode 0x03: The name requested does not exist.
name_query failed to find name TESTPC
root@ubuntu:/opt# /opt/cs/bin/nmblookup -U localhost -R TESTPC