samba name registration ceases to work

[Stephen Smith]

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About a year ago, I set up samba to run on a Linux box here at work.  Everything was
working fine, i.e. others could see the shares on the server and get data from them. 
My /var/log/samba directory had approx. 1000 entries in it.  Over the last day
approx. 5 machines can see the box.

The windows NT 4.0 boxes can get their information from the WINS server correctly and
can see the other machines on the local net, but not the samba box.

The current theory is that the name is not getting registered with the WINS server.

Stephen Smith
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Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf
Can't find include file /etc/samba/smb.conf.
Loaded services file OK.
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = BCAS
	netbios name = 
	netbios aliases = AZ77EpicIOGroup
	server string = Primus Epic I/O Group Server
	interfaces = 129.239.222.253/24
	bind interfaces only = No
	security = SHARE
	encrypt passwords = Yes
	update encrypted = No
	allow trusted domains = Yes
	hosts equiv = 
	min passwd length = 5
	map to guest = Never
	null passwords = No
	password server = 
	smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
	root directory = /
	passwd program = /bin/passwd
	passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
	passwd chat debug = No
	username map = /etc/smbusers
	password level = 0
	username level = 0
	unix password sync = No
	restrict anonymous = No
	use rhosts = No
	log level = 2
	syslog = 1
	syslog only = No
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	max log size = 50
	timestamp logs = Yes
	protocol = NT1
	read bmpx = No
	read raw = Yes
	write raw = Yes
	nt smb support = Yes
	nt pipe support = Yes
	nt acl support = Yes
	announce version = 4.2
	announce as = NT
	max mux = 50
	max xmit = 65535
	name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
	max packet = 65535
	max ttl = 259200
	max wins ttl = 518400
	min wins ttl = 21600
	time server = No
	change notify timeout = 60
	deadtime = 0
	getwd cache = Yes
	keepalive = 300
	lpq cache time = 10
	max disk size = 0
	max open files = 10000
	read prediction = No
	read size = 16384
	shared mem size = 1048576
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	stat cache size = 50
	load printers = Yes
	printcap name = /etc/printcap
	printer driver file = /etc/printers.def
	strip dot = No
	character set = 
	mangled stack = 50
	coding system = 
	client code page = 850
	stat cache = Yes
	domain groups = 
	domain admin group = 
	domain guest group = 
	domain admin users = 
	domain guest users = 
	machine password timeout = 604800
	add user script = 
	delete user script = 
	logon script = 
	logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
	logon drive = 
	logon home = \\%N\%U
	domain logons = No
	os level = 0
	lm announce = Auto
	lm interval = 60
	preferred master = No
	local master = Yes
	domain master = No
	browse list = Yes
	dns proxy = No
	wins proxy = No
	wins server = 129.239.10.28
	wins support = No
	kernel oplocks = Yes
	ole locking compatibility = Yes
	oplock break wait time = 10
	smbrun = /usr/bin/smbrun
	config file = 
	preload = 
	lock dir = /var/lock/samba
	default service = 
	message command = 
	dfree command = 
	valid chars = 
	remote announce = 
	remote browse sync = 
	socket address = 0.0.0.0
	homedir map = 
	time offset = 0
	unix realname = No
	NIS homedir = No
	panic action = 
	comment = 
	path = 
	alternate permissions = No
	revalidate = No
	username = 
	guest account = nobody
	invalid users = 
	valid users = 
	admin users = 
	read list = 
	write list = 
	force user = 
	force group = 
	read only = Yes
	create mask = 0744
	force create mode = 00
	security mask = 037777777777
	force security mode = 037777777777
	directory mask = 0755
	force directory mode = 00
	directory security mask = 037777777777
	force directory security mode = 037777777777
	guest only = No
	guest ok = No
	only user = No
	hosts allow = 129.239.
	hosts deny = 
	status = Yes
	max connections = 0
	min print space = 0
	strict sync = No
	sync always = No
	print ok = No
	postscript = No
	printing = bsd
	print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
	lpq command = lpq -P%p
	lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
	lppause command = 
	lpresume command = 
	queuepause command = 
	queueresume command = 
	printer name = 
	printer driver = NULL
	printer driver location = 
	default case = lower
	case sensitive = No
	preserve case = Yes
	short preserve case = Yes
	mangle case = No
	mangling char = ~
	hide dot files = Yes
	delete veto files = No
	veto files = 
	hide files = 
	veto oplock files = 
	map system = No
	map hidden = No
	map archive = Yes
	mangled names = Yes
	mangled map = 
	browseable = Yes
	blocking locks = Yes
	fake oplocks = No
	locking = Yes
	mangle locks = Yes
	oplocks = Yes
	level2 oplocks = No
	oplock contention limit = 2
	strict locking = No
	share modes = Yes
	copy = 
	include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.
	exec = 
	postexec = 
	root preexec = 
	root postexec = 
	available = Yes
	volume = 
	fstype = NTFS
	set directory = No
	wide links = Yes
	follow symlinks = Yes
	dont descend = 
	magic script = 
	magic output = 
	delete readonly = No
	dos filetimes = No
	dos filetime resolution = No
	fake directory create times = No

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