My Samba server keeps losing elections for local master browser to windows clients
and I don't want it to
I've tried different settings and need some advice on how to configure Samba to
prevent this
For one thing - how effective is OS level and is a higher number or a lower number
better?
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Brian Johnson wrote:
My Samba server keeps losing elections for local master browser to
windows clients and I don't want it to
Try:
[global]
local master = yes
preferred master = yes
os level = 65
For one thing - how effective is OS level and is a higher number
or a
You also need to make sure your windows machines are not running
other protocols. If you have a windows mahcine running NetBEUI
or IPX, it will win browsemaster on those protocol stacks (because
samba does not listen on those protocols). Windows is so smart it
thinks that if it wins on one
