[Samba] BUG: Samba-BDC-HOWTO

[Guenther Deschner]

the author (volker lendecke) has already fixed that in cvs.

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 08:01:35AM -0500, Mike Rambo wrote:
> > 
> > http://us6.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.html
> > 
> 
> I dont' know the proper way to report this (if there is one). Maybe
> someone who can affect change will notice...
> 
> <quote>
> Finally, the BDC has to be found by the workstations. This can be done
> by setting
> 
> [global]
>      workgroup = SAMBA
>      domain master = yes
>                      ^^^
>                      ^^^
>      domain logons = yes
>      encrypt passwords = yes
>      security = user
>      ....
> 
> in the [global]-section of the smb.conf of the BDC. This makes the BDC
> only register the name SAMBA#1c with the WINS server. This is no problem
> as the name SAMBA#1c is a NetBIOS group name that is meant to be
> registered by more than one machine. The parameter 'domain master = no'
> forces the BDC not to register SAMBA#1b which as a unique NetBIOS name
> is reserved for the Primary Domain Controller.
> </quote>
> 
> The text in the paragraph says 'no' but the [global] example
> contradicts. While the paragraph makes it clear what the real setting
> should be this could be confusing and lead to problems for folks who
> don't notice.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Rambo
> mrambo at lsd.k12.mi.us
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