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-rw-r--r--source3/nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/source3/nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c b/source3/nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c
index 48d27f7bae..1502dd8155 100644
--- a/source3/nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c
+++ b/source3/nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c
@@ -1524,9 +1524,11 @@ void initiate_wins_processing(time_t t)
if (!lasttime)
lasttime = t;
- if (t - lasttime < 5)
+ if (t - lasttime < 20)
return;
+ lasttime = t;
+
if(!lp_we_are_a_wins_server())
return;
@@ -1541,17 +1543,23 @@ void initiate_wins_processing(time_t t)
/*******************************************************************
Write out the current WINS database.
******************************************************************/
-
void wins_write_database(void)
{
struct name_record *namerec;
pstring fname, fnamenew;
-
+ static int child_pid;
+
FILE *fp;
if(!lp_we_are_a_wins_server())
return;
+ /* we will do the writing in a child process to ensure that the parent
+ doesn't block while this is done */
+ if ((child_pid=fork())) {
+ return;
+ }
+
pstrcpy(fname,lp_lockdir());
trim_string(fname,NULL,"/");
pstrcat(fname,"/");