hi ya you have to configure samba properly... redhat is bad about it's default samba config...
too bad that they equate linux with "the whole kitten-n-kaboddle" instead of just that one badly MIS-configured box c ya alvin On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach DvB (on Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:40:00PM -0500): > > I'm willing to be that's exactly what they're talking about. There was > > quite a to do about this a year or so ago when it happened at some large > > company which then banned linux. I believe you have to explicitly tell > > samba in the config file to become the master browser though... I don't > > think being elected is a problem. However, I'm not a samba expert either... > > redhat's samba has this on by default. debian's doesn't. > > election priorities are on a scale between 0-20 (this is all from > memory, don't flame me if i am wrong). now tell me *why*, just *why* > did these clowns in redmond decide on *7* for their domain server? > because they wanted to have an additional 6 priorities that could > always steal the master browser position and screw around? another > case of micro$oft can't even copy the others correctly (did micro$oft > *ever* do anything *original*, or did they *ever* copy something > *right*?) > > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a nce jb in th prgrmng indstry >