Dear Giulio, thank you for the script. I will use it to "solve" my problem. I searched for a command, which restarts an election.
Although it's not really a good solution, it is much better than my cron-samba-restart. Best regards, Timo > Same issue. > > I put the following in cron: > > #!/bin/sh > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin > nmblookup -M -- - 2>&1 | grep "IP address of my samba server" >/dev/null > 2>&1 > if [ $? != 0 ]; then > nmblookup -M -- -|mail -s "Force master browser election" "my email" > /usr/bin/smbcontrol nmbd force-election > fi > > The smbcontrol command has the same effect as restarting samba > (election is won). > > Then I tell the person using the PC I see in the email to turn off the > "browser" service in his/her XP to avoid the same issue in the future. > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- Glück Auf Timo -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
