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?
not bad. what you said brought back memories of my NT server class in college. Don't remember much from the class, but what you said makes sense and gives me an idea of whats going on. So, the higher the value set for the "os level" field assigns greater weight to the domain controler?
-- Mark
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