On Tuesday 15 April 2008 17:58:24 Bill Crawford wrote: > On 15/04/2008, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > FWIW, a while back I had a thread on the CentOS list about being unable > > to get user mode working, and I found, as you did, that even after > > re-starting samba it still didn't work - but then did a while later. > > I've never heard a convincing argument as to why that should be so. HTH > > Quite often it is purely down to the delays caused by the "browser > election" process coupled with getting whoever ends up being master > browser to acknowledge that your server exists. Could be. My preferred master is clearly defined, but I guess that elections still take place. > It's a bit of an > over-simplification and probably wildly inaccurate, but reflects my > experiences here (where it fails regularly due to someone adding a > machine called "WORKGROUP" to the network :o)). Hey, I have a user like that - regular re-installs :-) Anne
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