HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-20 - CIFS

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 32 (of 40)
Chapter 20 CIFS
October 29, 2013
are dynamically elected by the kind of OS they run. A windows domain controller is often the
DMB as well. Some parameters to which influence an election are:
domain master specifies if this nmbd will take part in an election to become a DMB
local master specifies if this nmbd will take part in an election to become a LMB
preferred master specifies if nmbd will force an election upon its startup
os level specifies a value of the OS in order to win an election (e.g. NT4 = 32)
browse list determines if smbd will offer its clients a browse list. (Default: yes)
enhanced browsing
this offers some enhancements to the MS standard browsing, it will operate especially
with a Samba WINS. (Default: yes)
remote announce
This parameter would cause that nmbd announces itself (the Samba server) to a given
broadcast address or a masterbrowser if there is a fix one:
remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.125
This example would announce the sambaserver to workgroup SERVERS by the given
broadcast address and with its own workgroup name to the masterbrowser 192.168.4.125.
This could be an alternative if there is no wins server available in your network.
remote browse sync
With this option you can specify a broadcast or server address where nmbd would
periodically request synchronization of browse lists with the master browser of a smb
server that is on a remote segment. To specify a server address you need to have a fix
master browser on the remote subnet.
remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.125
browseable (share parameter) determins if a share is visible in the list of a 'net view'
command or a browse list. (Default: yes)
As mentioned before more information can be found in:
/opt/samba/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt.
nmblookup can be used to:
 find a master browser of the domain (e.g. gel2000):
nmblookup -T -R gel2000#1B
querying gel2000 on 15.140.15.255
grcdg226.grc.hp.com, 15.140.10.224 gel2000<1b>