Can't Turn Off Workgroup Master Browser

Question

I'm probably missing something but I've got a 10.6.1 server that is setup with a Magic Triangle and I was trying to setup a share for someone to access and I cannot setup SMB without the Workgroup Master Browser being checked and I really don't want the machine to be a Master Browser of any kind. If I remove the checkmark and click Save, the checkmark returns. If I set it to be a Domain Master Browser (don't really want this either) and remove the Workgroup check and hit Save, back it come again. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Yes I do understand. As I stated previously, I edited the /etc/smb.conf. That did not work. I also edited /var/db/smb.conf. That works for a short while, but then the setting is turned back on. Here is my /etc/smb.conf:
; Configuration file for the Samba software suite.
; ============================================================================
; For the format of this file and comprehensive descriptions of all the
; configuration option, please refer to the man page for smb.conf(5).
; The following configuration should suit most systems for basic usage and
; initial testing. It gives all clients access to their home directories and
; allows access to all printers specified in /etc/printcap.
; BEGIN required configuration
; Parameters inside the required configuration block should not be altered.
; They may be changed at any time by upgrades or other automated processes.
; Site-specific customizations will only be preserved if they are done
; outside this block. If you choose to make customizations, it is your
; own responsibility to verify that they work correctly with the supported
; configuration tools.
[global]
debug pid = yes
log level = 1
server string = Mac OS X
printcap name = cups
printing = cups
encrypt passwords = yes
use spnego = yes
passdb backend = odsam
idmap domains = default
idmap config default: default = yes
idmap config default: backend = odsam
idmap alloc backend = odsam
idmap negative cache time = 5
map to guest = Bad User
guest account = nobody
unix charset = UTF-8
display charset = UTF-8
dos charset = 437
vfs objects = notifykqueue,darwinacl,darwinstreams
; Don't become a master browser unless absolutely necessary.
os level = 2
domain master = no
; For performance reasons, set the transmit buffer size
; to the maximum and enable sendfile support.
max xmit = 131072
use sendfile = yes
mangled names = no
stat cache = no
; The darwin_streams module gives us named streams support.
stream support = yes
ea support = yes
; Enable locking coherency with AFP.
darwin_streams:brlm = yes
; Core files are invariably disabled system-wide, but attempting to
; dump core will trigger a crash report, so we still want to try.
enable core files = yes
; Filter inaccessible shares from the browse list.
com.apple:filter shares by access = yes
; Check in with PAM to enforce SACL access policy.
obey pam restrictions = yes
; Make sure that we resolve unqualified names as NetBIOS before DNS.
name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host
; Pull in system-wide preference settings. These are managed
; by smb-sync-preferences.
include = /var/db/smb.conf
; Pull in system share configuration. These are managed
; by smb-sync-shares.
include = /var/db/samba/smb.shares
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = no
create mode = 0700
writeable = no
browseable = no
; Site-specific parameters can be added below this comment.
; END required configuration.
global
local master = no
preferred master = no
os level = 2
As you can see I made the changes you suggested. I then try to set Workgroup Master Browser to off:
bash-3.2# sudo serveradmin settings smb:local master = no
smb:local master = yes
bash-3.2#
Is there some other step that needs to take place to get this to work? What do you mean "make testparm"
Thanks