I have setup a samba server for my home network, 2x kubuntu PCs and a work XP laptop. In syslog I get ... Feb 12 07:25:10 localhost nmbd[6233]: [2006/02/12 07:25:10, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(353) Feb 12 07:25:10 localhost nmbd[6233]: find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Feb 12 07:25:10 localhost nmbd[6233]: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name OFFICE<1b> for the workgroup OFFICE. Feb 12 07:25:10 localhost nmbd[6233]: Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. There is no domain master browser, jut my 'subnet' of 192.168.0.* Is this someting I should just ignore or is it possible to turn off samba looking for it. Or very possibly have I made a configuration error in smb.conf ? Dave smb.conf a work very much in process ... [global] comment = Samba Server netbios name = DAVE server string = %v on %L workgroup = OFFICE wins support = yes security = user # Give Samba more authority in elections as master browser prefered master = yes os level = 255 # Max permissions for a share create mode = 0666 directory mode = 0777 # Only on my LAN hosts allow = 192.168.0. # Various system users and superusers cannot be forged for access invalid users = root bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp operator # Allow super users dave and vanda access to all # admin users = dave,vanda #oplocks = no # Setup logging syslog = 2 log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 debug timestamp = yes [common] comment = Common Linux Directory path = /export/samba/common read only = no valid users = @smblinux [windows] comment = M$ Directory path = /export/samba/windows read only = no valid users = @smbwindows [archive] comment = Archive Directory path = /export/samba/archive read only = no valid users = @smblinux