Disappearing Browse List

[Stephen L Arnold]

When the world was young, Rich_Jones at wmg.com carved some runes like this:

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> Then the other day, the browselist on the WIn95 machines disappeared.
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>  I have the server setup with:
>   local master = yes
>   remote announce = 192.168.0.255
>   domain master = yes
>   preferred master = yes
>   null passwords =  yes

I don't know if this will help, but you probably shouldn't use the 
"remote announce" parameter.  Samba will automatically bind to (and 
announce on) the first ethernet device.  I assume you're sharing 
with an internal (private) network and using the linux box as a 
firewall/gateway for internet access.  I wouldn't put any ipfwadm 
rules in a startup script until you have all the kinks worked out; 
just flush all the ipfwadm rules and check the browsing.  If 
browsing still doesn't work, then comment out the "remote announce" 
parameter.


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Stephen L Arnold                             sarnold at earthling.net

"A mime is a terrible thing to waste..."  -  Mel Brooks