Browsing and WINS

All entries are in the [global] section

os level

Set higher than 32 for Samba to win elections, lower than 32 for Windows NT to win.

domain master

Set to yes to make Samba a domain master. Keeps track of the whole network neighborhood.

preferred master

Setting this to yes will force an election when Samba starts.

wins support

Set to yes for Samba to act as a WINS server. Do not use if there is already another WINS server (such as an NT Server). Only ONE server on a subnet can be a WINS server.

wins server

Set to point to an existing WINS server

netbios name

Can be used to change the name of your machine in browse lists.

netbios aliases

With this parameter, you can give your unix machine multiple names. Does not work when machine is acting as a browse or logon server.