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Re: <workgroup> is not accessible???

Adam Lang wrote:

If I recall, that isn't it because desktop versions of the windows OS won't
become master browsers (recalling from very fuzzy memory).

No, 'cause if I shut down the samba server, one of my desktop systems becomes the master browser.

If you do a 'nbtstat -a <netbios name>' command for each computer in your network, you'll see an entry "..__MSBROWSE__." on one of those systems. That's the master browser.

david



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