Re: problems with samba (2)

[Tobias Diedrich <ranma@example.com>]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Hector Akamine wrote:

> A few days ago I asked for some help with samba. Thanks for the advice,
> but I'm still with problems. I modified my smb.conf and now it looks
> like:

[...]

> checking the log.nmb file I got the following:
> 
> ------- log.nmb start ---------
> 
> [2000/12/28 18:04:40, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(684)
>   Netbios nameserver version 2.0.5aJP2 started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
> [2000/12/28 18:10:21, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(406)
>   *****
>   
>   Samba name server SAMBAM is now a local master browser for workgroup
> WGROUP on subnet 127.0.0.1
>   
>   *****
> [2000/12/28 18:10:33, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(754)
>   Packet send failed to x.x.x.x(138) ERRNO=間違った引数です
> [2000/12/28 18:16:22, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingdgrams.c:process_local_master_announce(309)
>   process_local_master_announce: Server WINSERV at IP x.x.x.x is
> announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup WGROUP and we
> think we are master. Forcing election.

If you already have a WINS Server (Which WINSERV seems to be) you should
configure samba not to act as a wins server itself and use that wins
server instead:

local master = no
wins support = no
wins server = <ip or dns name of WINSERV>
interfaces = <local subnet (i.e. 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0)>