Am Mi, den 10.03.2004 schrieb Hans MÃller um 14:40: > I get hevy messages of this type: [ snipped local master browser election messages ] > what is wrong? The different SMB machines fight for being the local master browser. Configure that machine which is most often on, has most uptime to be the local master. For Samba machines see smb.conf and how to control the behaviour with: # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl Sirendipity 15:00:52 up 1 day, 15:20, load average: 1.36, 1.26, 1.16 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ] my life is a planetarium - and you are the stars