what im not doing: worrying
as a domian with clearos as pdc is would be considered a big upgrade, and the charge is to get this network back to production im sticking with wins the now. there is loads via google about your smb.conf and entries to make it wins server, but im going with the web admin panel for this one. so, enabling wins adds the following to /etc/samba/smb.conf
# WINS
wins support = Yes
wins server =
this isnt quite right yet, as one of the workstations doesnt always show up in 'net view'. may have to revisit and experiment as i suspect the server and workstation are battling for browse master status. also, added this to /etc/nsswitch.conf to enable wins resolution for the server, just to keep remote admin a wee bit easier until i migrate to full domain
hosts: wins files dns
:D
