*- On 19 Mar, Paul Nathan Puri wrote about "Re: SAMBA help."
> When you say yours is called ASGARD, does that mean you named your linux
> box ASGARD too?
>
> So I have to edit /etc/hosts and the rest to rename my machine? Hmmm...
>
> I like the intranet setup a lot. But I definitely need to learn SAMBA; so
> do I have to rename my linux box, edit host files etc? Thanks...
>
No. The you need to give your group of PC's a workgroup name, I use
the generic HOME so all PC's in the local net will be in the workgroup
called HOME. Then each PC has it's own netbios name, by default it
uses the first part of the DNS name.
>From the smb.conf man page
netbios name (G)
This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba server
is known. By default it is the same as the first
component of the host´s DNS name. If a machine is
a browse server or logon server this name (or the
first component of the hosts DNS name) will be the
name that these services are advertised under.
See also "netbios aliases".
Default: Machine DNS name.
Example: netbios name = MYNAME
workgroup (G)
This controls what workgroup your server will
appear to be in when queried by clients. Note that
this parameter also controls the Domain name used
with the "security=domain" setting.
Default:
set at compile time to WORKGROUP
Example: workgroup = MYGROUP
I have a 2 pc home network like this.
Linux box Win95 box
IP 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2
fake DNS brian.servis.snet angela.servis.snet
workgroup HOME HOME
netbios name BRIAN ANGELA
in /etc/samba/smb.conf
# Global parameters
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = BRIAN
Althought the above 'netbios name' is not really needed.
These do not have to be the same as the info in /etc/hosts
in /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
192.168.1.1 brian.servis.snet brian
192.168.1.2 angela.servis.snet angela
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