[Samba] invalid value 'netbios backup domain controller'

[buhorojo]

On 12/10/15 15:52, Rowland Penny wrote:
> 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
>
>
What do you put in smb.conf for server role = if it is not a server?
We volunteer 'not a server'.
HTH