On 09/15/2018 03:40 AM, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:> > It is undoubtedly for a 'standalone server', so why does it also have > the line 'domain master = Yes' ?? > It cannot be both, I would suggest removing this line. > > Rowland > >Rowland, domain master=yes used to be standard for stand-alone to cause nmbd claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name as a domain master browser (based on the os level/preferred master election rules) man smb.conf does not mention any discontinuation for use in stand-alone mode. Should it not be used any longer in that role, or is it a matter of network scale? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:02:29 -0500 "David C. Rankin via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> On 09/15/2018 03:40 AM, Rowland Penny via samba wrote: > > > > It is undoubtedly for a 'standalone server', so why does it also > > have the line 'domain master = Yes' ?? > > It cannot be both, I would suggest removing this line. > > > > Rowland > > > > > > Rowland, > > domain master=yes used to be standard for stand-alone to cause nmbd > claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name as a domain master > browser (based on the os level/preferred master election rules) > > man smb.conf does not mention any discontinuation for use in > stand-alone mode. Should it not be used any longer in that role, or > is it a matter of network scale? >Things have changed, you should allow the domain/workgroup to set its own master especially if there is a PDC or DC in the mix. Rowland
On Sat, 2018-09-15 at 10:37 +0100, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:> On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:02:29 -0500 > "David C. Rankin via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > > > > On 09/15/2018 03:40 AM, Rowland Penny via samba wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is undoubtedly for a 'standalone server', so why does it also > > > have the line 'domain master = Yes' ?? > > > It cannot be both, I would suggest removing this line. > > > > > > Rowland > > > > > > > > Rowland, > > > > domain master=yes used to be standard for stand-alone to cause > > nmbd > > claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name as a domain master > > browser (based on the os level/preferred master election rules) > > > > man smb.conf does not mention any discontinuation for use in > > stand-alone mode. Should it not be used any longer in that role, or > > is it a matter of network scale? > > > Things have changed, you should allow the domain/workgroup to set its > own master especially if there is a PDC or DC in the mix.Rowland, The purpose of the 'domain master' parameter is as David describes, to configure exactly this mode. It is not in conflict with 'server role = standalone server', the parameters are intended to allow this, which is why the default for 'domain master' is 'auto'. I hope this clarifies things, Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Samba Developer, Catalyst IT http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba