Samba

[Blindraven]

Thankyou very much for the help, I'll definitely buy that book - after I've
read through this RHCE stuff or I'll overload my head.
I'm not sure which box you meant for me to enter those commands in, the one
with all the stuff I want shared or the other?

Guess I'll try both and see what works :)
Thanks again for your help.

On 10/11/07, Daniel Mons <daniel.mons at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> Add
>
> preferred master = yes
> os level = 50
>
> To your /etc/samba/smb.conf .  You will need to restart both SMB and NMB
> for these to take effect (smb and nmb are controlled by a single init
> file in Ubuntu, but under SuSE and some other distros they are two
> separate init files).
>
> Once again, "man smb.conf" will tell you all the available options, what
> they mean, and why you might possibly need it.
>
> And again, I simply cannot recommend highly enough this book:
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/
>
> It's available online and in paperback.  I bought the paperback version
> for myself and several business partners of mine as the proceeds go to
> the Samba project.  But in the spirit of free software, it's also
> available online for free.
>
> It goes through a number of real-world Samba examples from a small
> home/office to a massive enterprise environment.  Mandatory reading for
> anyone wanting to learn more about Samba for any reason.  I install a
> large volume of Samba servers for a wide range of businesses - anything
> from simple no-authentication file servers to full blown
> LDAP-authenticated domain controllers, and this book is my bible.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> Blindraven wrote:
> > Oh, and how do i set the machine to pref master with a high OS level? I
> > know I could probably google that but incase the list ever needs the
> > reference :P
> >
> > On 10/11/07, * Daniel Mons* <daniel.mons at iinet.net.au
> > <mailto:daniel.mons at iinet.net.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     Scott McKean wrote:
> >      > So there are two servers fighting for 'control' of the Samba
> network.
> >      > 'TONY-LINUX' and 'SERVER' from what I can tell.
> >
> >     If that's the case, setting one of the machines with the "preferred
> >     master" directive and a high "OS level" (greater than 50 or so
> should
> >     set it straight) will solve that problem, and make one of the
> servers
> >     always win the master browser election for your network when NMB
> >     fires up.
> >
> >     "man smb.conf" will explain what these mean, and why they need to be
> >     set.  Likewise, John H. Terpstra's excellent "Samba 3 by Example"
> book
> >     will also explain why these need to be set:
> >     http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/
> >
> >     (Don't they teach this sort of thing in RHCE courses?)
> >
> >     But yes, we need complete config files and logs from all relevant
> >     machines.  Both the log.smbd and log.nmbd files, as well as the log
> >     files specific to the machines doing the sharing (ipaddress.log or
> >     hostname.log in /var/log/samba/).  They will explain whether it's an
> >     issue with SMB (the actual file-sharing daemon) or a problem with
> NMB
> >     (the name lookup/resolution daemon).
> >
> >     You can of course test this a little further by connecting to the
> >     machine in question by IP rather than by hostname.
> >
> >     -Dan
> >
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