Browsing from Win95/98 possible only if Samba is master
Gerry Kirk
gerry at mccb.org
Sun Aug 20 10:06:45 GMT 2000
Perhaps I should have mentioned that I want our NT PDC to be the browser.
Any ideas why it isn't working that way?
Thanks,
Gerry
At 8/18/00 10:57 PM, you wrote:
>using Samba 2.0.6, SuSE 6.1, an NT server as PDC and WINS server
>
>I went through the tests listed in DIAGNOSIS.txt and discovered with test
>10 that no master browser was being selected. The only way a master was
>selected was when I set
>
>local master = yes
>domain master = yes
>preferred master = yes
>
>Previously, these settings were set to 'no'.
>
>Here is my entire smb.conf:
>;
>; /etc/smb.conf
>;
>; Copyright (c) 1999 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
>;
>[global]
> workgroup = <DOMAIN>
> guest account = ftp
> keep alive = 30
> os level = 20
> kernel oplocks = no
> netbios name = <LINUX_SERVER>
>
>; Uncomment the following, if you want to use an existing
>; NT-Server to authenticate users, but don't forget that
>; you also have to create them locally!!!
> security = domain
> password server = <NT_PDC_NAME>
> encrypt passwords = yes
> dns proxy = no
>
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
> map to guest = Bad User
>
>; Uncomment this, if you want to integrate your server
>; into an existing net e.g. with NT-WS to prevent nettraffic
> local master = yes
> domain master = yes
> preferred master = yes
>
>; Please uncomment the following entry and replace the
>; ip number and netmask with the correct numbers for
>; your ethernet interface.
> interfaces = 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0
>
>; If you want Samba to act as a wins server, please set
>; 'wins support = yes'
> wins support = no
>
> wins server = <NT_PDC_IP>
>
>[homes]
> comment = home
> browseable = no
> read only = no
> create mode = 0750
>
> [cdrom]
> comment = Linux CD-ROM
> path = /cdrom
> read only = yes
> locking = no
>
>[tmp]
> comment = temporary files
> path = /tmp
> read only = yes
>
>
>Any help would be appreciated,
>Gerry Kirk
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