[Samba] Interaction between "wins support = yes" and "os level
= 65"
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
jerry at samba.org
Tue Jul 20 20:41:46 GMT 2004
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AndyLiebman at aol.com wrote:
| I'm a little unclear about something. I want my Linux
| box to be the Local Browse Master -- so that the machine
| that's "on" all the time is the one that other computers
| look to.
|
| Is it correct that I want in my Global Settings:
|
| wins support = yes
| os level = 65 (or some higher number)
|
| And should my Windows XP workstations have the Linux box
| as the Wins Server? Or should I leave the Wins Server out
| of it?
|
Wins has nothing to do with local master browsing elections.
The 2 parameters are othogonal. You need the os level to
win the local browsing election. You need to wins support to
consolidate your netbios namespace across multiple subnets.
cheers, jerry
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