RE: GLUG: Samba server missing

["Ross Addis" <addisr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen that problem before.
I suspect that it is infact a Windows networking issue. For that little list
of all the machines in network neighbour hood to be generated, windows needs
have a browse-master on the network. NT based networks elects a machine on
the network to be browse master, win9x  machines try to elect themselves.
Normally the oldest, slowest machine with the faulty network card gets
elected. If you have an NT PDC make sure the samba machine is added to the
SERVER MANAGER list, this will force the server to refresh the browse
master. If you have a win9x network (peer-peer) there is a setting ( some
where in the undocumented depths of the OS ) that will force the selected
machine to always act as browse master.
I hope that this is correct and helpful.

Cheers

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Ross Addis
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-glug@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-glug@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Ogies
Sent: 02 April 1999 07:51
To: 'GLUG'
Subject: GLUG: Samba server missing


Good morning

Have yet another question:
I have manage to put up a cd server (Redhat 6.2 using samba) for everybody
to see (even the windows guys)
The problem is that some windows pc 's do not see the server from there
network neighborhood in windows
only if your do a find computer do you get to it .

Any suggestion

Ogies



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