samba - Nov 2002 - Force local master?

My Samba server keeps losing elections for local master browser to windows
clients
and I don't want it to

I've tried different settings and need some advice on how to configure Samba
to
prevent this

For one thing - how effective is OS level and is a higher number or a lower
number
better?

Brian Johnson wrote:
> My Samba server keeps losing elections for local master browser to
> windows clients and I don't want it to
Try:

[global]
	local master = yes
	preferred master = yes
	os level = 65
> For one thing - how effective is OS level and is a higher number
> or a lower number better?
Usually, you need an os level higher than that of any Windows
system. Samba's default of 20 should do it, actually.  Setting
preferred master gives Samba an additional edge in the election,
and ensures that an election will be held when Samba starts up.

Jay Ts