Hi,
A weird problem ... My PDC is running samba 3.0 cvs from a couple of weeks ago.
the os level is set to 65 and that machine has been the master for my domain for
ages, until last night. A win2k client machine stoll the domain and made itself
the master for the domain, hence a few problems. I have cranked the os level to
80, however I'm pretty sure that is not supported/a bad idea/not to be done
sort of thing.
Can anyone suggest any ideas
Cheers
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Kristyan Osborne IT Technician
Longhill High School
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On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 08:25:13AM +0100, Kristyan Osborne wrote:> > A weird problem ... My PDC is running samba 3.0 cvs from a couple of > weeks ago. the os level is set to 65 and that machine has been the > master for my domain for ages, until last night. A win2k client machine > stoll the domain and made itself the master for the domain, hence a few > problems. I have cranked the os level to 80, however I'm pretty sure > that is not supported/a bad idea/not to be done sort of thing.There should be no problem with an os level of 80. IIRC, it can be set as high as 255. But, the real issue is why the Windows 2000 system "stole" the job of domain master browser, because setting the os level higher than 65 shouldn't keep it from doing so. The most likely explanation is that something went wrong with your nmbd daemon. If it stopped acting as the master browser, a system on your network would have called for a browser election, and that would have resulted in some other system taking on the role. In other words, not "stole", but "taken". ;) If it happens again, I'd suggest first running the smbcontrol command to force an election: # smbcontrol nmbd force-election If that doesn't return the domain master browser role to Samba, then I'd restart nmbd. Jay Ts
Hi Kristyan Be sure that none of the win-machines has more than one network-protocol with smb support enabled. If there's a machine with both TCP/IP and IPX enabled, it'll always win the election, even if the os level of others is higher (it sees itself as superior as it supports more things). Arthur Kristyan Osborne wrote: > Hi, > > A weird problem ... My PDC is running samba 3.0 cvs from a couple of > weeks ago. the os level is set to 65 and that machine has been the > master for my domain for ages, until last night. A win2k client > machine stoll the domain and made itself the master for the domain, > hence a few problems. I have cranked the os level to 80, however I'm > pretty sure that is not supported/a bad idea/not to be done sort of > thing. > > Can anyone suggest any ideas > > Cheers > > ------------- Kristyan Osborne IT Technician Longhill High School > 01273 391672 > > ------ Computers are like airconditioners: They stop working properly > if you open windows. Win95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI > shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit > processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus > system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: > 216 - Release Date: 21/08/2002 >