On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 18:33 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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. ---- Windows networking basics... Browser elections occur every 15 minutes. Browser election outcomes are influenced by 'os level' settings. You can verify this by viewing the man page for smb.conf and going to 'os level' section. I would also suggest that you read the section on 'preferred master' just below as it explains this setting. Thus if you have a network server that you want to be master and be capable of managing domain logons and be the domain controller (i.e. an NT type PDC where you would intentionally 'join' Windows systems to the domain)... os level = 64 domain master = yes preferred master = yes domain logons = yes all other samba machines on the local subnet should not have any of these values set. If you have a network server but don't care that it is capable of managing domain logons and be a domain controller and have no intention of joining Windows computer to a domain, probably the best setting is... os level = 64 preferred master = yes and again, all other samba machines on the local subnet should not have any of these values set. I tend to only set up as a PDC where Windows systems are 'joined' to the domain and also use settings like 'wins support = yes' and make sure that DHCP sets the WINS address for each client to ensure windows name resolution is predictable. I am therefore less experienced with the former setup. Craig
