CVS update: samba/docs/htmldocs

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 matty at samba.anu.edu.au wrote:

> 
> Date:	Sunday April 11, 1999 @ 20:22
> Author:	matty
> 
> Update of /data/cvs/samba/docs/htmldocs
> In directory samba:/data/people/matty/samba/docs/htmldocs
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	smb.conf.5.html 
> Log Message:
> Trying to improve DC location & browsing performance for the average user
> who doesn't know what an LMB or DMB is.
> 
> * check_master_browser_exists now performs the check the first time
> around, so if there is indeed no master browser then Samba takes up the job
> much faster.
> 
> * Upped default OS level to 32. There is no reason why some stupid little
> Windows box should become LMB instead of a Samba *server*.

:-) :-)

> * "domain master" now defaults to "auto". Currently this attempts to
> become DMB iff Samba is the PDC (ala Windows NT).

no, this HAS to be disabled and HAS to default to off.  if you do this
then you will cause problems in NT PDC environments.  DON'T do this!


> "preferred master" also
> defaults to "auto", which enables preferred master iff Samba is DMB.

good.
 
> * lp_server_role now just returns the predetermined role, rather than
> working it out each time, since the server role is becoming very heavily
> used (esp for the BDC code).

you cached it?