This boolean controls if the nmbd 8 process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should not set this to yes unless you have a multi-subnetted network and you wish a particular nmbd to be your WINS server. Note that you should NEVER set this to yes on more than one machine in your network.
Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Registry Path | Software\Policies\Samba\smb_conf\wins support |
Value Name | wins support |
Value Type | REG_DWORD |
Default Value | 0 |
True Value | 1 |
False Value | 0 |