browse defaults
Gerald Carter
cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU
Sat Sep 25 16:50:59 GMT 1999
tridge at linuxcare.com wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of changing the Samba browse defaults as follows:
>
> preferred master = true
> os level = 20
>
> currently we have:
>
> preferred master = false
> os level = 0
I have had one group of people froma Windows shop
comment that Samba screws up their browsing becasue
people will install a linux box running Samba that takes
over the locxal browse master position but is not
configured to point at WINS.
Now whether or not this is simply an administrative
issue regarding running their network is up for debate.
However the general comment was that Samba does not
plop into an existing network (plopped down by an
inexperienced admin) and play fair.
One possible solution would be to simply provide
better (and possiblt multiple) default configuration
files based upon the propsed usage. For example,
have a setup script that asks questions to attempt
to determin ethe environment in wehich the server
will run.
Such as
* an existing Windows Network
* a primary Windows file server for a large network
* a Domain controller
etc...
Using Perl (or Tcl\TK for an X GUI), this shouldn't
be too hard if the questions were asked correctly.
Just some thoughts,
jerry
________________________________________________________________________
Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter
Engineering Network Services Auburn University
jerry at eng.auburn.edu http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw
"...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
- Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )
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