[Samba] WINS server looses election irregular in a heterogeneous network

[Charlie]

Have you tried setting your "announce version" instead of just
manipulating OS level?

   announce version = 4.9  is the default, which is less than XP for example.

Perhaps an "announce version = 5.3" would solve your problem, I dunno.

--Charlie



On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Timo Meinen <timomeinen at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Samba-Users,
>
> I have to administer a Samba WINS Server in a heterogenous network. It's a
> student hostel with about 200 mixed (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X) computers. We
> have a DHCP, which delivers the WINS-Server address to the clients. I don't
> have access to the clients.
>
> The problem is, that the WINS-Server (Samba 3.0.27) looses the
> Master-Browser election irregulary. I can't configure Samba a way, that
> it keeps the MSB.
>
> Example from the log.nmbd:
>
> ===
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_incomingdgrams.c:process_local_master_announce(309)
> process_local_master_announce: Server GUERO at IP 10.0.80.221 is announcing
> itself as a local master browser for workgroup WODANLAN and we think we are
> master. Forcing election.
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 2]
> nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:unbecome_local_master_browser(280)
> unbecome_local_master_browser: unbecoming local master for workgroup
> WODANLAN on subnet 10.0.80.5
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:unbecome_local_master_success(149)
> *****
>
> Samba name server SHODAN has stopped being a local master browser for
> workgroup WODANLAN on subnet 10.0.80.5
>
> *****
> ===
>
> SHODAN is the name of the server. Today it's GUERO, who is winning the
> election. Yesterday, it was another computer.
>
> When I restart the smbd/nmdb it wins the election and the network browsing
> operates normally. Is there any way to be sure, that SHODAN keeps the MSB?
>
> At the moment I have a cron, which restarts the smb-server every 30 minutes,
> so that it wins the election and becomes the MSB, but that's really a nasty
> thing.
>
> This is my configuration:
>
> smb.conf:
> ===
> [global]
> workgroup = WODANLAN
> netbios name = Shodan
> server string = Wodanlan Master Browser
> hosts allow = 10.0.80.
> log level = 2
>
> domain master = yes
> local master = yes
> preferred master = yes
> enhanced browsing = Yes
> os level = 255
>
> wins support = yes
> dns proxy = no
> ===
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Thank you very much
> Timo Meinen
> timomeinen at googlemail.com
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