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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Paul Rogers wrote:

> > Paul Rogers <paul.rogers at mis-cds.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >In /etc/smb.conf, edit / add the following lines to be:
> > >
> > >domain master = no
> > >local master = no
> > >domain logons = no
> > >os level = 20
> > 
> > No -- "local master" has nothing to do with being a primary domain 
> > controller, it's purely a local master browser thing.
> 
> True, but trying to oust a PDC from being a local master, as far as I
> understand, isn't a blindingly intelligent thing to do??

said this once, said it a hundred times.  DMB functionality has NOTHING to
do with LMB funcitonality.

try it yorself, if you like:

domain master = yes
domain logons = yes
local master = no
preferred mater = no
os level = 0
 
all that will happen is that your browser lists will take slightly longer
to update.