os level in samba.conf

gardenair · 09-08-2011, 06:10 AM

I am using cent os 5.In samba.conf there is a

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os level = 33

The thing which I want to know that if the server machine is 32 bit then what I should remove 33 & write 32 and if the server is 64 bit then definately it will be 64.

In shory I want to know for 32 bit OS what should I write in os level ?

thanks
garden

michaelk · 09-08-2011, 06:34 AM

The value has no association to anything hardware related.

OS level is number between 0 and 255 that sets the the operating-system value it reports for itself in browser elections. A higher number means it will beat out all other computers to become the master browser. Basically Windows servers are lower then 33 so this will make the samba server the highest.

gardenair · 09-09-2011, 12:09 AM

thanks a lot "michaelk" for your reply. Well come can you elabrate it ?

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Basically Windows servers are lower then 33 so this will make the samba server the highest.

Well If i make samba as domain controller then what is the worth of os level in that case ?

thanks
garden

michaelk · 09-09-2011, 06:32 AM

This might shed some more light on the subject.
http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/...ows-workgroup/
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...kBrowsing.html

For a domain controller I would make it the highest value i.e. 255

gardenair · 09-10-2011, 12:16 PM

Thanks "michaelk" for such a nice link. Appreciate you