Unable to find Master Browser

[Hervey Wilson]

Thanks for the info. I am now trying a few different options in an attempt
to isolate the one that triggers this problem. So far I haven't had any
luck. Since I don't have a Windows PDC on the network and the Samba machine
is the only machine that runs 24x7 I wanted it to be the master browser.

As I said in my original post, this message has only started appearing since
I upgraded to 2.2.0 release: I never got it with previous versions,
including 2.2.0a2 and 2.2.0a3, and I did not changed the Samba configuration
across those upgrades. This would seem to point to a change in Samba for the
final release of 2.2.0.

Thanks again for the suggestions,
H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Inaki Sanchez" <isanchez at unav.es>
To: "'Hervey Wilson'" <herveyw at dynamic-cast.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:05 AM
Subject: RE: Unable to find Master Browser


> Hervey,
>
> I think your samba is looking for the domain Master Browser for your
workgroup (the netbios name DOMAIN<1B> stands for a Domain Master Browser).
You can stop this behaviour by setting:
>
> local master = no
> preferred master = no
> os level = 0
>
> This way, your samba won´t be a local master browser on your network, and
won´t try to look for the Domain Master Browser.
>
> Or you can configure your samba to be the Domain Master Browser for your
domain -unless you have a NT Server PDC-. In this case, you can set:
>
> domain master = yes
> local master = yes
> prefered master = yes
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> ---
> Inaki Sanchez
> Redes y Comunicaciones
> Universidad de Navarra, Spain    <http://www.unav.es>
> <mailto:isanchez at unav.es>    +34 948425600
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> > Behalf Of Hervey Wilson
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:21 AM
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: Unable to find Master Browser
> >
> >
> > I've just joined this list because of the above problem and I
> > know there has
> > been an active thread on this recently.
> >
> > I see this message every 15 minutes from my samba server following an
> > upgrade to 2.2.0 from 2.2.0a3 on FreeBSD 4.3.0. Prior to the
> > upgrade I never
> > got these messages. Per the existing thread, the name mentioned in the
> > message is the name of the workgroup with the <1b> appended -
> > it seems like
> > nmbd is looking for a server with the same name as the workgroup.
> >
> > I have:
> >
> > local master = yes
> > preferred master = yes
> > wins support = yes
> > os level = 65
> >
> > The only other machine on the network is a Windows XP Server
> > (Beta 2). I am
> > not entirely sure, but it seems that the problem might start
> > whenever the
> > Windows machine is booted.
> >
> > Has there been a resolution for this yet ?
> >
> > H.
> >
> >
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