samba - Sep 1999 - NT machines keep taking over my master browser

Hi all,

I have a machine running Samba (2.0.5a/Solaris 7) which is supposed to be the 
master browser from my domain. It's been running fine for a couple of weeks.

But today it seems that some of the NT workstations are overriding it in 
elections and are becoming the master browsers (and the Samba server is
giving up).

I've SIGKILL'ed the nmbd processes, but after they wake up they then
give
up being the master browser, also:

  Samba name server XXXXXXX has stopped being a local master browser for
workgroup XX on subnet x.x.x.x


My config has:

	os level = 65
	protocol = NT1
	domain master = yes
	preferred master = yes
	local master = yes
	wins support = yes

Is there anyway I can force the machine to absolutely, positively be the
master browser and never, ever give it up? [I always thought the idea of
elections amongst computer equipment is pretty ridiculous].

Otherwise, does anyone have any idea what's going on?

TIA...

Paul.

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On 24 Sep 99, Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au> had 
questions about SAMBA digest 2246:  

[snip]
> My config has:
> 
>  os level = 65
>  protocol = NT1
>  domain master = yes
>  preferred master = yes
>  local master = yes
>  wins support = yes
> 
> Is there anyway I can force the machine to absolutely, positively be the
> master browser and never, ever give it up? [I always thought the idea of
> elections amongst computer equipment is pretty ridiculous].
They do come up with some real winners, eh?
> Otherwise, does anyone have any idea what's going on?
AFAIK, your settings should work.  You could try raising the OS 
level even higher, but the sure-fire way is to disable Master 
Browser elections on the client side.  I'm not an NT guy (the 
setting is there somewhere) but on win9x you can disable Browse 
Master participation in Network Properties/File and Printer Sharing 
Properties.

Sorry, I just looked all over our NT4SP3 Wkstn machine, but I 
couldn't find that setting anywhere (but I know it's there, because 
I made them turn it off when we first set that machine up).  I have 
the exact same settings as you do (above) and all but one of our 
windoze boxes have Browse Master disabled.  My samba server is 
always the browse master, so everything works fine (except when 
windoze has a brain-fart).

Steve

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