It is more a question than a request of support to know if someones else have the same behaviour.
So I install 2 Nethserver, one in prod and one for testing
On both I installed Samba-DC and on both, if I don’t install CUPS I don’t see them when I browse my network. But as soon I install CUPS they appear.
My workstation is an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, without CUPS I could reach the server by using gigolo but it’s nice to simply navigate with the file browser and see the server, it is also useful for less techi user.
So my question is do you have the same result ?
If you stop CUPS, or better, uninstall it, does your Nethserver still available in your network hood ?
Indeed it is, because you’re talking about the discovery of network resources: I didn’t get it.
Without avahi, you can still access all shares directly from the the file manager using: smb://<your_server.
Avahi just announces the list of available services to clients. It’s not a requirement, but can be useful in some situations.