On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 23:42, Richard Bown wrote: > Hi All, > its that dreaded samba time again, two questions > which parameter in smb.conf(file name may be wrong) > do I set to make sure the gateway machine all ways wins elections for > master browser,? > my laptop keeps trying to take control. > Unfortunately, its got winxp on it as its an old pent 2 266MHz, and it > cannot cope with MDK9.1, not enough memory and not fast enough :((
local master = yes # winblows nt type os's default to 32, use 33 or higher to win os level = 33 domain master = yes preferred master = yes # Never set both below or samba wont work # To make samba the wins controller and point all other machine at it wins support = yes # this machine to point to a wins controller #wins server = 192.168.0.1 Without a wins controller win95/98 will call elections every 12 or 15 minutes, very noisy on local network... Gary. > > 2.my printer is an Epson C82, nice on linux :)albeit a little slower. > > the printer on the laptop is set to //firewall/printer and that prints > without problems from both my laptop and from win4lin. > But, on the laptop if you click on the printer icon, you get the status > box with "Printer on firewall access denied, unable to connect" > Any ideas what to look for, or is this just a bit of daft winsoftware.. > > TIA > Richard > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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