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authorChristopher R. Hertel <crh@samba.org>2000-07-19 01:21:30 +0000
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First cut toward adding WINS server failover.
*Note: failover doesn't actually work yet!* It's just that the code I'm adding provides all of the pieces necessary. I do have one big question. Something that I'll have to ask Jeremy, I'm thinkin'. In nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c the IP of the WINS server is used to set up the Unicast subnet. ...so what happens if the WINS server changes? My guess is either: a) nothing. b) I'd have to change the unicast subnet entry whenever the WINS server changes. Urq. BTW, the lp_wins_server() function no longer returns the WINS server name or IP. It returns the list of WINS servers entered in smb.conf. To get the currently 'live' WINS server, use the wins_srv() function. Fun, eh? Chris -)----- (This used to be commit cc08bdc74f4cd111fdc582ee7babef47ed8a950d)
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+/*
+ Unix SMB/Netbios implementation.
+ Version 1.9.
+ Samba utility functions
+ Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+#include "includes.h"
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
+ * Discussion...
+ *
+ * This module implements WINS failover.
+ *
+ * Microsoft's WINS servers provide a feature called WINS replication,
+ * which synchronises the WINS name databases between two or more servers.
+ * This means that the two servers can be used interchangably (more or
+ * less). WINS replication is particularly useful if you are trying to
+ * synchronise the WINS namespace between servers in remote locations, or
+ * if your WINS servers tend to crash a lot.
+ *
+ * WINS failover allows the client to 'switch' to a different WINS server
+ * if the current WINS server mysteriously disappears. On Windows
+ * systems, this is typically represented as 'primary' and 'secondary'
+ * WINS servers.
+ *
+ * Failover only works if the WINS servers are synced. If they are not,
+ * then
+ * a) if the primary WINS server never fails the client will never 'see'
+ * the secondary (or tertiary or...) WINS server name space.
+ * b) if the primary *does* fail, the client will be entering an
+ * unfamiliar namespace. The client itself will not be registered in
+ * that namespace and any names which match names in the previous
+ * space will likely resolve to different host IP addresses.
+ *
+ * One key thing to remember regarding WINS failover is that Samba does
+ * not (yet) implement WINS replication. For those interested, sniff port
+ * 42 (TCP? UDP? ...dunno off hand) and see what two MS WINS servers do.
+ *
+ * At this stage, only failover is implemented. The next thing is to add
+ * support for multi-WINS server registration and query
+ * (multi-membership).
+ *
+ * Multi-membership is a little wierd. The idea is that the client can
+ * register itself with multiple non-replicated WINS servers, and query
+ * all of those servers (in a prescribed sequence) to resolve a name.
+ *
+ * The implications of multi-membership are not quite clear. Worth
+ * trying, I suppose. Changes will be needed in the name query and
+ * registration code to accomodate this feature. Also, there will need to
+ * be some sort of syntax extension for the 'wins server' parameter in
+ * smb.conf. I'm thinking that a colon could be used as a separator.
+ *
+ * Of course, for each WINS namespace there might be multiple, synced WINS
+ * servers. The change to this module would likely be the addition of a
+ * linked list of linked lists.
+ *
+ * crh@samba.org
+ */
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
+ * Defines...
+ *
+ * NECROMANCYCLE - The dead server retry period, in seconds. When a WINS
+ * server is declared dead, wait this many seconds before
+ * attempting to communicate with it.
+ */
+
+#define NECROMANCYCLE 600 /* 600 seconds == 10 minutes. */
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
+ * Typedefs...
+ */
+
+typedef struct
+ {
+ ubi_slNode node; /* Linked list node structure. */
+ time_t mourning; /* If greater than current time server is dead, Jim. */
+ char *server; /* DNS name or IP of NBNS server to query. */
+ } list_entry;
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
+ * Private, static variables.
+ */
+
+static ubi_slNewList( wins_srv_list );
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
+ * Functions...
+ */
+
+
+BOOL wins_srv_load_list( char *src )
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
+ * Create or recreate the linked list of failover WINS servers.
+ */
+ {
+ list_entry *entry;
+ char *p = src;
+ pstring wins_id_bufr;
+ unsigned long count;
+
+ /* Empty the list. */
+ while( NULL != (entry =(list_entry *)ubi_slRemHead( wins_srv_list )) )
+ {
+ if( entry->server )
+ free( entry->server );
+ free( entry );
+ }
+ (void)ubi_slInitList( wins_srv_list ); /* shouldn't be needed */
+
+ /* Parse out the DNS names or IP addresses of the WINS servers. */
+ DEBUG( 4, ("wins_srv: Building WINS server list:\n") );
+ while( next_token( &p, wins_id_bufr, LIST_SEP, sizeof( wins_id_bufr ) ) )
+ {
+ entry = (list_entry *)malloc( sizeof( list_entry ) );
+ if( NULL == entry )
+ {
+ DEBUG( 0, ("wins_srv_load_list(): malloc(list_entry) failed.\n") );
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ entry->mourning = 0;
+ if( NULL == (entry->server = strdup( wins_id_bufr )) )
+ {
+ free( entry );
+ DEBUG( 0, ("wins_srv_load_list(): strdup(\"%s\") failed.\n", wins_id_bufr) );
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Add server to list. */
+ (void)ubi_slAddTail( wins_srv_list, entry );
+ DEBUGADD( 4, ("\t\t%s,\n", wins_id_bufr) );
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ count = ubi_slCount( wins_srv_list );
+ DEBUGADD( 4, ( "\t\t%d WINS server%s listed.\n", count, (1==count)?"":"s" ) );
+
+ return( (count > 0) ? True : False );
+ } /* wins_srv_load_list */
+
+
+char *wins_srv( void )
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
+ */
+ {
+ time_t now = time(NULL);
+ list_entry *entry = (list_entry *)ubi_slFirst( wins_srv_list );
+ list_entry *coldest = entry;
+
+ /* Go through the list. Look for the first live entry. */
+ while( (NULL != entry) && (now < entry->mourning) )
+ {
+ entry = (list_entry *)ubi_slNext( entry );
+ if( entry->mourning < coldest->mourning )
+ coldest = entry;
+ }
+
+ /* If they were all dead, then return the one that's been dead longest. */
+ if( NULL == entry )
+ {
+ entry = coldest;
+ DEBUG( 4, ("wins_srv: All WINS servers appear to have failed.\n") );
+ }
+
+ /* The list could be empty. Check it. */
+ if( NULL == entry )
+ return( NULL );
+ return( entry->server );
+ } /* wins_srv */
+
+
+void wins_srv_died( char *boothill )
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
+ * Called to indicate that a specific WINS server has died.
+ */
+ {
+ list_entry *entry = (list_entry *)ubi_slFirst( wins_srv_list );
+
+ while( NULL != entry )
+ {
+ /* Match based on server ID [DNS name or IP]. */
+ if( 0 == strcmp( boothill, entry->server ) )
+ {
+ entry->mourning = time(NULL) + NECROMANCYCLE;
+ DEBUG( 2, ("wins_srv: WINS server %s appears to be down.\n", boothill) );
+ return;
+ }
+ entry = (list_entry *)ubi_slNext( entry );
+ }
+ } /* wins_srv_died */
+
+
+unsigned long wins_srv_count( void )
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
+ * Return the total number of entries in the list, dead or alive.
+ */
+ {
+ return( ubi_slCount( wins_srv_list ) );
+ } /* wins_srv_count */
+
+/* ========================================================================== */