Not sure that this is gonna solve it... you need a netlogon share to be a domain controller.
I don't generally mix cases on workgroup names and you definitely have to be unique netbios name (server is a common name) Craig On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 11:35, Radu Naidinescu wrote: > I have a LAN with a samba server witch acts as wins for it. It's also > suposed to be a browse master for it, but unfortunately sometimes some > windows xp/2000 pc becomes browse master and chaos follows... there is > no pc in the wins list. I observed that stations with a firewall on it > defeat the samba server and I cannot obligate the people who use those > pc to stop their firewalls! > > What can i do to prevent samba to lose the status of browse master? > > Here is my smb.conf > > [global] > encrypt passwords = yes > workgroup = BadBoys > netbios name = server > server string = server > log file = /var/log/samba/samba.%m > max log size = 50 > security = user > deadtime = 5 > bind interfaces only = yes > interfaces = eth1 lo > null passwords = no > guest account = nobody > debug level = 1 > > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > os level = 255 > local master = yes > domain master = yes > preferred master = yes > > wins support = yes > name resolve order = bcast host wins lmhosts > > [temp] > path = /share/tmp > guest ok = no > guest only = no > writeable = yes > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba