New Microsoft Knowledgebase article

[Edward Schernau]

Martin Kuhne wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. That's the proposed change:
> 
> CAUSE
> =====
> 
> When adding a Samba server configured as Primary Domain Controller to an
> existing Windows NT domain, there will be two PDCs in this domain. This is
> not allowed in Windows NT.
> 
> RESOLUTION
> ==========
> 
> To restore PDC functionality, take the Samba server off the network and
> restart the netlogon service on the original Windows NT PDC.
> 
> To resolve this problem, disable the domain controller functionality on the
> Samba server. This can be done by changing the following values in the Samba
> configuration file (smb.conf):
> domain master = no
> preferred master = no
> domain logons = no
> 

I believe the "preferred master" parameter is analogous to the old
MaintainServerList, etc. parameter.  That is, if two machines are
otherwise equal, and one has this flag set, it will win a browser
election.

Shouldn't you also mention the "os level" parameter, since it affects
how browsing is handled?
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