As far as I understand, as long as you have an NT on the subnet, it will be the master browser and wins server. You also need to tell your W boxes who the wins server is. you can do it in the DHCP server or on every W box if not using DHCP Tom
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 23:47, Tim Smith wrote: > of course i have set the samba server to wins support = yes > > I'm not that much of a dunce :) > > > alton bailey wrote: > > > you have to tell samba to be a wins server in smb.conf > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Tim Smith <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:45 PM > > *Subject:* [Samba] WINS, must be master browser? > > > > i have an NT4 server and a linux samba server. the NT4 server is > > currently the WINS server. it works perfectly. i want to ditch it and > > use my samba server as the WINS server, however WINS simply does not > > work. could this be becuase the WINS server also needs to be the > > local > > master browser? > > > > here is the global section of my smb.conf > > [global] > > workgroup = laboratory > > os level = 2 > > kernel oplocks = No > > security = user > > encrypt passwords = Yes > > guest account = Nobody > > map to guest = Bad User > > > > in this config samba will not win browser elections. I know the NT4 > > machine will win all browser elections, it's the only difference i > > can > > think of. > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.sambaorg/mailman/listinfo/samba > > <http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba> > >
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