[Samba] invalid value 'netbios backup domain controller'

Rowland Penny rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 13:52:24 UTC 2015


On 12/10/15 14:39, buhorojo wrote:
> On 12/10/15 14:52, Rowland Penny wrote:
>> On 12/10/15 13:16, buhorojo wrote:
>>>
>>> So you are recommending lowering the clarity of samba 
>>> configuration?. You wish to keep looking at the smb.conf which users 
>>> post here guess that which they wish to achieve?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nope, what I saying is that adding 'server role' anywhere but on a DC 
>> is causing problems. If 'server role' isn't added, the problems don't 
>> appear, so the cure is simple, don't have it in the sample smb.conf 
>> and beef up the comments on the smb.conf manpage to say that you do 
>> not need to use 'server role' and to rely on the default.
>> It is either that or get every samba howto on the internet changed, 
>> are you volunteering to do that buhorojo?
>>
>> Rowland
>>
>>
> Dunno. The vote here is to keep it. It would help people like you 
> determine what type of server users who post to the list are talking 
> about. And anyway, it says it's '[...] very important' to have it [...].
>
> Give up.
>
>

Well no, you are entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to mine, but 
if it is 'very important to have it' , why are the only complaints about 
it being in smb.conf. Nobody (as far as I am aware) has every complained 
about messages in the logs saying 'server role' not found.

Rowland




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