[Samba] WINS, must be master browser?

[Peter Ulrich Kruppa]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Tim Smith wrote:

> i have an NT4 server and a linux samba server. the NT4 server is
> currently the WINS server. it works perfectly. i want to ditch it and
> use my samba server as the WINS server, however WINS simply does not
> work. could this be becuase the WINS server also needs to be the local
> master browser?
So you want to make your samba machine a Primary Domain
Controller (PDC) ?!

>
> here is the global section of my smb.conf
> [global]
>         workgroup = laboratory
>         os level = 2
>         kernel oplocks = No
>         security = user
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         guest account = Nobody
>         map to guest = Bad User
>
> in this config samba will not win browser elections. I know the NT4
> machine will win all browser elections, it's the only difference i can
> think of.
You will also need something like this:
    wins support = yes
    local master = yes
    preferred master = yes
    os level = 65

Anyway, you should read the Samba-Howto-Collection for details
(either found locally via swat or on www.samba.org --->
documentation).

Regards,

Uli.

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