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In the process of upgrading a Samba server, you may find that the old ip address hangs around. It can interfere with the new server getting its role as a domain master browser. You must shut down nmbd and delete wins.dat.

Very annoying... editing wins.dat does not fix.

Here's the log message

Sep 18 08:15:27 smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use

 

Sep 18 08:15:27 <fileserver> nmbd[1429]:   There is already a domain master browser at IP <old_ip_address> for workgroup <your_workgroup> registered on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.

While we're at it, here's how to make a wins.dat entry static:

A typical dynamic entry looks like this:

"NETBIOS_NAME#03" 1155298378 192.168.1.2 66R

To make a NetBIOS name static (permanent), simply set the TTL to 0, like this:

"NETBIOS_NAME#03" 0 192.168.1.2 66R

WiFi = $499
WiFi + 3G = $629

32GB Upgrade to enough disc space for a weekend full of movies = $729
3G Unlimited Plan, No Contract

Your're going to love it!, but you're addicted now and in 2 years you'll need version 2, which will be way better. Since you have no wireless contract and iPad v2 will cost the same as v1, why not upgrade?

3G 2 yrs @ $29 month = $696
TOTAL REAL COST NOW = $1429
TOTAL REAL COST IN 2 YEARS = $1429
TOTAL 4 YEAR COSTS = $2850

More good stuff at: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/ipad-will-hurt-your-...

Why Monopolies are bad... from Groklaw.

The Microsoft-Linux Story As Told in the Comes Exhibits - As we are working on the data in the Comes v. Microsoft exhibits, describing the contents or transcribing each so as to make them keyword searchable, we are coming across some interesting materials regarding Microsoft's view of Linux. As far back as 1999, Bill Gates was asking his executives if there was a way to make things harder for Linux. For example, here's Comes Exhibit 3020:

From: Bill Gates
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
To: Jeff Westorinon; Ben Fathi
Cc: Carl Stork; Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
Subject: ACPI extensions

One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try and make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows specific.

It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work.

Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.

Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open.

Or maybe we could patent something related to this.

1999. He wanted to patent something so as to hobble Linux and keep it from "working great".

Wait until you read about the EDGI program to keep folks in governments and educational institutions from switching to Linux, and then there is another exhibit that shows exactly how Microsoft tried to worm its way into OLPC and who helped it. [Groklaw]