Re: Woody Samba Bug or Hacked?

[Phillip Hofmeister <plhofmei@zionlth.org>]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 at 09:57:40AM -0500, Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> Yes.  the ^I Tabs have been removed... However, it does not explain the 
> below.. The host name does not appear in smb.conf  It is a Win2000 
> Professional laptop on the same network.  None of the Win2000 or Samba 
> configs have changed in months.
> 
> nmbd[2009]:   ^I^IFRED-LAPTOP2 40051003 ()
> ^IWORKGROUP(1) current master browser = FRED-LAPTOP2
That just says the currentg master browser (A windows thing) is FRE-LAPTOP2 (presumably on your network).
The master browser is who keeps your subnet's name list.  Kind of like the
sub-nets DNS server for smb/nmb...

Note: Setting samba to participate in master browser elections is a bad idea
as it sometimes mucks up the network..

Regards,

-- 
Phil

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XP Source Code:

#include <win2k.h>
#include <extra_pretty_things_with_bugs.h>
#include <more_bugs.h>
#include <require_system_activation.h>
#include <phone_home_every_so_often.h>
#include <remote_admin_abilities_for_MS.h>
#include <more_restrictive_EULA.h>
#include <sell_your_soul_to_MS_EULA.h>
//os_ver="Windows 2000"
os_ver="Windows XP"