Thanks to everyone who answered
Richard On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 14:43, Gary Hodder wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 23:42, Richard Bown wrote: > > Hi All, > > its that dreaded samba time again, two questions > > which parameter in smb.conf(file name may be wrong) > > do I set to make sure the gateway machine all ways wins elections for > > master browser,? > > my laptop keeps trying to take control. > > Unfortunately, its got winxp on it as its an old pent 2 266MHz, and it > > cannot cope with MDK9.1, not enough memory and not fast enough :(( > > local master = yes > # winblows nt type os's default to 32, use 33 or higher to win > os level = 33 > domain master = yes > preferred master = yes > > # Never set both below or samba wont work > # To make samba the wins controller and point all other machine at it > wins support = yes > # this machine to point to a wins controller > #wins server = 192.168.0.1 > > Without a wins controller win95/98 will call elections every 12 or 15 > minutes, very noisy on local network... > > Gary. > > > > > 2.my printer is an Epson C82, nice on linux :)albeit a little slower. > > > > the printer on the laptop is set to //firewall/printer and that prints > > without problems from both my laptop and from win4lin. > > But, on the laptop if you click on the printer icon, you get the status > > box with "Printer on firewall access denied, unable to connect" > > Any ideas what to look for, or is this just a bit of daft winsoftware.. > > > > TIA > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Richard Bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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