os level = 20
This parameter triggers whether your Samba server tries to become LMB (local
master browser) for its workgroup. With the Samba 3 release series, it is seldom
necessary to override the default setting (20). Choose a very low value such as 2
to spare the existing Windows network from any disturbances caused by a miscon-
gured Samba server. More information about this important topic can be found
in the Network Browsing chapter of the Samba 3 Howto; for more information on
the Samba 3 Howto, see Section 19.7, “For More Information” (page 358).
If no other SMB server is present in your network (such as a Windows 2000 server)
and you want the Samba server to keep a list of all systems present in the local
environment, set the os level to a higher value (for example, 65). Your Samba
server is then chosen as LMB for your local network.
When changing this setting, consider carefully how this could affect an existing
Windows network environment. First test the changes in an isolated network or at
a noncritical time of day.
wins support and wins server
To integrate your Samba server into an existing Windows network with an active
WINS server, enable the wins server option and set its value to the IP address
of that WINS server.
If your Windows machines are connected to separate subnets and need to still be
aware of each other, you need to set up a WINS server. To turn a Samba server
into such a WINS server, set the option wins support = Yes. Make sure that
only one Samba server of the network has this setting enabled. The options wins
server and wins support must never be enabled at the same time in your
smb.conf le.
19.4.3.2 Shares
The following examples illustrate how a CD-ROM drive and the user directories
(homes) are made available to the SMB clients.
[cdrom]
To avoid having the CD-ROM drive accidentally made available, these lines are
deactivated with comment marks (semicolons in this case). Remove the semicolons
in the rst column to share the CD-ROM drive with Samba.
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