Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:47:19 -0500 EST From: "Tony Magner" <magner@BlueRidge-EF.SAIC.COM> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba setup help required Message-ID: <2EB8A196D2E@BlueRidge-EF.SAIC.COM>
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On 22 Jan 96, Christoph Kukulies scribbled: >> >> #ifdef DUMBASS_ATTACK >> >> John Brann wrote... [snip] >> >> How do I convince nmbd that it IS the master browser? > >I may be wrong since I didn't look into the >samba list for a while but I doubt samba supports acting as a >master browser. This is left to NT servers or NT workstations. >Don't know about Win95, if they can be master browser. > >From what I've read at http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html and elsewhere, Samba *can* be forced to master browser by setting the "os level" global option in smb.conf to a higher number. Default is 0. Setting it to 2 would beat WFWG and Win95 but not NT, which uses level 32. Good luck. -- Tony Magner -- anthony.s.magner@cpmx.saic.com
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