[Samba] Why are Samba DCs not browsable?
Rowland Penny
rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 09:41:25 UTC 2015
On 29/10/15 09:19, Viktor Trojanovic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In a book I'm reading on Samba4, the author explains that network browsing doesn't work for Samba AD DCs "because there is no nmbd process".
>
> It's true enough that I can't browse my DC, however, there is an active nmbd process on my Samba server. So I wonder if the explanation of the author is (still) correct. I couldn't find any supporting or contradicting information on the web.
>
> Viktor
The book is partially correct, nmbd shouldn't be run on a DC, but there
is a netbios server built into the samba binary but it doesn't contain
the browsing code. If you are running a DC and there is a separate
'nmbd' running, then you really should stop it and stop it starting at boot.
Rowland
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