[Samba] Samba seem to work fine but "cannot find my workgroup"

[Rowland Penny]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:19:54 +0100
Steffen Dettmer via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I setup a new samba file server (in a priviledged Proxmox container
> using the Debian 12 template) and apparently it works fine.
> 
> In log I see every 10 seconds:
> 
>   write_browse_list: Fatal error - cannot find my workgroup DMYDOM
> 
> Google found one hint telling it should set "network = ip", but man
> page does not explain such an option. Another hint suggests it could
> be related to an old smbv1 and can be ignored.

Yes, it can be ignored, it is coming from nmbd and that relies on SMBv1
and it is now turned off by default. I suggest you add:

disable netbios = yes

to '[global]' in your smb.conf and reload or restart Samba.

Rowland