Help with Samba

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Recently I noticed that I can’t browse for new Samba shares. Old shares work fine. I Got some help from Milhouse since I’m using the #521 build. But instead of filling that thread with off topic I’m asking for help here.

I want my media computer to be the master samba server. So to the LE smb config I added local master = no, and also min protocol = SMB2.
On my media computer I added local master = yes, min protocol = SMB2, and also os level = 128, I read that a higher number would make it the master if there should be a negotiation. And since LE has 20, the media computer should win. I then restarted nmbd and smbd service on my media computer.

But it still don’t work.

If I do this

Code:
sudo nmbd -iFd3 | grep master_browser

I get:

Code:
check_for_master_browser_fail: Forcing election on workgroup STEFAN subnet 192.168.1.10
become_local_master_browser: Starting to become a master browser for workgroup STEFAN on subnet 192.168.1.10
become_local_master_browser: first stage - attempt to register ^1^2__MSBROWSE__^2^1

And I need to quit the SSH session, Ctrl+C don’t work.

But when I start nmbd normally I get this in the log:

Code:
*****
  Samba name server TVDATOR is now a local master browser for workgroup STEFAN on subnet 192.168.1.10
*****

Before I started messing around I got output with all my shares when doing smbtree -N, but now I get nothing. Even though the log says that TVDATOR is the master browser.

Old shares still working though, but I messed something up with the browsing that looks a little bit worse now =)

Any help appreciated.