Master Browser can not be found

penguinz · 08-12-2003, 01:02 PM

If I try and connect with nautilus to:
smb://homenet (my workgroup)
it always returns the master browser cannot be found

connecting to a specific computer works just not viewing the workgroup.

This server is setup and the master browser in the smb.conf.

penguinz · 08-12-2003, 02:51 PM

anyone?

ganninu · 08-12-2003, 04:23 PM

I wish some guru would answer this question. Honestly i've been stuck to this problem for 2 months. On one LAN, i use the smb: on nautilus and worked fine immediately, whereas on another LAN, it gave me that same error that the master browser cannot be found. Please answer this very common query.

penguinz · 08-13-2003, 09:05 AM

penguinz · 08-13-2003, 02:21 PM

Someone has to have an answer to this.

sorrodos · 08-13-2003, 03:05 PM

What other OS's are you running on your network? And what is your OS level set at in smb.conf?

penguinz · 08-14-2003, 02:29 PM

The other two OS's on network are W2k. Browser Service has been disabled on both. Have tried OS level 20 & 33.

sorrodos · 08-14-2003, 02:40 PM

Try setting your OS level to 65, then restart the Samba server. Also, you shouldn't have to disable the browser service, that might also be causing W2k to stop using a Master Browser for the domain/workgroup. With an OS level of 65, your Linux Samba server will win the election for Master Browser I believe.

Gallienus · 09-25-2003, 11:00 AM

I have the same problem Penguins. On RH Linux9 I can't seem to get the smb:/// master browser to work. Thus I must always reboot all computers to Windows to do file sharing. I suspect not everybody does this, but cannot find any response.

I get a comment back saying that no host "(null)" can be found: pls check spelling. Linux comment are sooo useful.

Even contacting RH priority support doesn't help as they don't have the answer either.

penguinz · 09-25-2003, 01:29 PM

The solution I have found for this is to install Slackware. It has worked without any issues at all.