Multiple Samba Servers

DrTebi drtebi at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 13 13:18:02 GMT 2001


Hi,
I am setting up a Network with four FreeBSD 4.2 machines. On two I have
already configured Samba, it works perfectly, but there is a slight problem
when both are running. It seems like they're fighting over who will be
listed when browsing the "Network Neighbourhood". I can only see one of
them. Sometimes they switch, and I can only the the other, but never both.
Although only one can be seen, I can still access the other one by just
typing in it's name as in '\\server'.

What's the trick? I tried setting 'local master = yes' and 'preferred master
= yes' on one of them. But I don't think this has much to do with the
problem. I couldn't really find help in the docs either.

Please help.

Below a copy of my smb.conf:

[global]
  workgroup            = SIMPLE
  server string        = File Server
  encrypt passwords    = Yes
  socket options       = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
  invalid users        = root toor daemon operator bin tty kmem games news
man bind uucp xten pop
  hosts deny           = ALL
  hosts allow          = 192.168.1.113 127.0.0.1
  interfaces           = 192.168.1.110/225.225.225.0
  bind interfaces only = yes
  os level = 34
  local master = yes
  preferred master = yes

  max log size         = 1000
  max open files       = 500

  force create mode    = 644
  force directory mode = 755
  create mode          = 644
  directory mode       = 755

[homes]
  read only       = no
  browseable      = no
  follow symlinks = no
  oplocks         = no




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