Per Mellander
2007-Oct-19 09:39 UTC
[Samba] Problem with master browser, Vista kills network neighbourhood
I have a Samba Server 3.0.23a running on a Fedora 4. Since Vista entered my lan I've been having problems with master browser elections. When a Vista client connects to my workgroup it kills the network neighbourhood and the only machines seen is the vista client and my fileserver. By changing the regedit entries on the client side following this advice: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > Browser > Parameters MaintainServerList = No IsDomainMaster = FALSE seemed to help a bit, but the problem still remains. There is one user with a Vista Home Edition that still have this problem. The global part of smb.conf: netbios name = XXXX-FILE workgroup = XXXX security = user server string = Samba ver. %v interfaces = 10.0.0.4 bind interfaces only = yes # For Vista compability client lanman auth = no client ntlmv2 auth = yes domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 255 encrypt passwords = yes null passwords = yes username map = /etc/samba/smbusers guest account = mmt wins support = yes name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts dns A typical log when it dies: Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: [2007/10/19 07:28:34, 0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_response(130) Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: register_name_response: server at IP 10.0.0.41 rejected our name registration of XXXX<1d> IP 10.0.0.4 with error code 6. Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: [2007/10/19 07:28:34, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_fail2(417) Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: become_local_master_fail2: failed to register name XXXX<1d> on subnet 10.0.0.4. Failed to become a local master browser. Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: [2007/10/19 07:28:34, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:standard_fail_register(305) Oct 19 07:28:34 mmtab-file nmbd[2919]: standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name XXXX<1d> on subnet 10.0.0.4 Sorry for wrapping lines, the Samba machine is at 10.0.0.4 and Vista client is 10.0.0.41.