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Author: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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Subject: samba and browse list
> We have 2 Red Hat 9 boxes that seem to have taken over the browse list
> because while os level was set to 20 the only machine listed in Network
> Neigborhood was a red hat box and then then we changed the os level to 0
> now it shows no machines when browsing.
>
>
> Jim
>



Do you have a WINS server on your network? If so, you can have your Samba
server act as a client to it. In the [global] section, set:

wins support = no
wins server = 10.1.2.3

Then it will show up in the browse list and should be less likely to jack
with the browse list.

Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT