On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:58:16 -0400 Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > I've been running Samba on my LAN for over a year now and I've no idea > > what you're talking about. I have a feeling I'm about to learn > something very interesting. What is it you're talking about? > > I've got two workstations connecting to the samba server, ( XP & Win98 > ) and I've never had any of the issues that have been mentioned. I'll take a stab, since I'm supposed to be an MCSE... ;-) In a Windows domain, as opposed to workgroup, there is a Domain Master Browser which controls the network directory structure and/or routes to shares. If there is more than one "domain controller", the network will occasionally hold "elections" to decide who is the Master Browser, based on conditions I now forget. If you are not running a domain, no such elections would take place, and even if you were running a domain, the Samba server would need to be configured as a domain controller, not simply a file and print server. How'd I do? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last. -- Marcus Aurelius
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