[Gllug] GLLUG:Samba

[Xander D Harkness]

On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 11:18, Davies Sue wrote:
> It probably is down to the master browser, I've found out that we are having
> a large number of elections each day. He's definitely on the same subnet,
> however even though his machine is similar make/model/build it is very, very
> slow (unlike the rest of us he still has a netware client running), perhaps
> that's not helping either.  I've got everyone else working quite happily.
> All I have to do now is sort out the password authentication properly.
> Seeing as they wanted it in a hurry up I created the user accounts and they
> put in their usual passwords. Now they have it and have seen it work I will
> have the time to sit down and properly read my books well after a rebuild of
> the bosses machine perhaps.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sue
>

Have you had a play with the following options?

NT has an OS level of 32 hence anything over that forces the Linux box
to take precedence.  The preferred master will force elections when
samba is restarted so that if is the master and down for maintenance,
the secondary can take over.  NT has a load of problems switching
between Primary and secondary controllers.

(These options are taken from the default RH samba config).

Cheers
Xander

# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
;   local master = no

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
;   os level = 33

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
;   domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
;   preferred master = yes


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