A WINS server is particularly useful for allowing computers to communicate with SMB
across multiple subnetworks where information is not being broadcast across the subnetworks??™
boundaries.
To configure the browsing feature in Samba, you must have the workgroup named properly
(described earlier in this section). Here are the global options related to SMB browsing:
OS level??”Set a value to control whether your Samba server (nmbd daemon) may
become the local master browser for your workgroup. Raising this setting increases the
Samba server??™s chance to control the browser list for the workgroup in the local broadcast
area.
If the value is 0, a Windows machine will probably be selected. A value of 60 ensures
that the Samba server is chosen over an NT server. The default is 20.
Preferred master??”Set this to Yes if you want to force selection of a master browser and
give the Samba server a better chance of being selected. (Setting Domain Master to Yes
along with this option ensures that the Samba server will be selected.) This is set to Auto
by default, which causes Samba to try to detect the current master browser before taking
that responsibility.
Local master??”Set this to Yes if you want the Samba server to become the local browser
master.
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