[Samba] local master browser

[Peter]

Thank you for the tip, I will give it a try.
At least I know now what to look for :-)
Peter
 
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>From: Preston.Newton at txucom.com [mailto:Preston.Newton at txucom.com] 
>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:40 PM
>To: Peter
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>You can use this reg hack to disable Win 2000 Pro systems from 
>attempting
>to become a master browser on a domain...should work...if this 
>one doesn't
>check out www.regedit.com and see what they have to say.
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>Save the following lines to a file with a .reg extension....good luck
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>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\P
>arameters]
>"IsDomainMaster"="FALSE"
>"MaintainServerList"="No"
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>Hi list,
>I have a network with a Linux server, running samba 2.2.x,
>and 10 Workstation. 3 of the workstation are Win2000 and
>the rest is Win98 and WinME.
>In the logfiles I see that every 10 Minutes the Win2000
>Workstations are forcing a election to become the local master
>browser for the network. The server wins the election each time
>but there is still a small amount of time (maybe 4 minutes) where
>the server is not the local master browser and some of the user
>encounter interruptions.
>Is there anything I can do to stop the elections either in smb.conf
>or at the Win2000 Workstation?
>I would be thankful for any hint or idea.
>Peter
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