On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:09:17 -0500, Ryan Duff <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:38:45 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am Mi, den 10.03.2004 schrieb Mario St-Gelais um 15:57:
>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
I have a similar problem. In my case, my linux keeps fighting with my laptop that has win xp on it. I played a bit with the settings you suggest Alexander without much succes.
If your samba machine is running continuously then set:
local master = yes os level = 65 preferred master = yes
This way - after service smb restart - your Samba server should win master browser election against each Windows[tm] machine in you LAN. If you have more Samba machines you have to choose one machine to be local master and the others to be not. All options are commented inside smb.conf and in the Samba docs.
Alexander
Is this why I keep having a problem browsing my network from my xp machines? I have a linux box, 2 xp boxes and an ibook. 1 of my xp machines is setup with internet connection sharing so it's running as a dhcp server. Every time I try to browse my network from my xp machines it gives me an error and says the workgroup is not accessable. However, if i type in \\smb name it will show me the shares on the computer I want to see. I'm still puzzled.
Yeah, that's what my problem was. I edited my smb.conf file on my linux box because linux was fighting my xp box to be PDC. I set it to
local master = no preferred master = no os level = 20
and did a service smb restart and went to work and when I came home everything had fiextd itself and I can now browse from my windows machine.
The moral of the story is that if you can't browse your network, you have 2 or more machines fighting to be PCD.
Ryan Duff
