Hi Sb,
The wins NSS driver is not one that we want to enable by default, and
definitely not in the manner described at the link you gave - yes, there
are security issues with giving wins precedence over DNS, and even when
not giving it precedence, the semantics of NetBIOS are suboptimal for
integration with the host database. So I'm afraid this bug should be
closed.
However, I notice that you say you're having problems with connecting to
Windows shares with Nautilus and Dolphin. That's an entirely separate
issue. Nautilus and Dolphin connecting to Windows shares do *not*
depend on nss_wins; in fact, the same underlying code that's used *in*
nss_wins is the same code that supposed to be used in by Nautilus and
Dolphin, so if browsing / connecting to Windows servers by NetBIOS name
doesn't work, you have a bug in your network setup or in your smb.conf,
or you have found a bug in nautilus/dolphin.
As this functionality is working just fine for the vast majority of
users, it's likely to be a local bug in your network setup or your
smb.conf. I would recommend you present the details of your problem on
ubuntuforums.org for help in resolving this.
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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NetBIOS name resolution broken, but extremely easy to fix
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555916
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