Simple win2k problem

[MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1)]

Hi Ron,
possibly your Samba server is becomming the browse master
periodically? It shouldn't, not with an os level of 2, but
just to make sure,
Try the following global parameter:

local master = no

You can also check the log.nmbd file to see if samba is becoming
a brows master around the times that your windows clients are
loosing the ablitity to browse...
hope thishelps,
Don


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Joffe [mailto:rjoffe at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:54 AM
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Simple win2k problem


Hey folks,

I have the following setup:

3 Windows 2000 sp2 machines, 1 SuSe Linux machine ver. 7.2, samba version 
2.2.0a. No domain, just a workgroup.

I wanted to set up a single share from the linux box to the win2k machines.

So I set up a simple smb.conf as follows:

[global]
         workgroup = myworkgroup
         encrypt passwords = Yes
         map to guest = Bad User
         keepalive = 30
         os level = 2
         kernel oplocks = No

[homes]
         comment = home-directory
         path = /home/myuser
         read only = No
         create mask = 0750
         guest ok = Yes

I can easily map the drive from the win2k boxes back to the linux box. That 
is all the  functionality that I was looking for.

I have not installed anything else in either the Linux box, or the Win2k 
Machines.

My problem is sporadic and intermittent at best. What happens is that I 
loose the ability to browse between some of the win2k machines. This 
includes printer sharing and file sharing.

Any comments and or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ron




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