Hi Sandy, thanks for your reply! I ran ps -ax|grep mdb and I couldn't find nmbd in the list of running processes, only 4 instances of smbd. Shouldn't nmbd start when samba is started? I wouldn't mind checking the logs, but honestly, I don't know where to look *blush*. What logs could be of interest here? Anyhow, if I wasn't using samba at all, shouldn't the hostname be found anyway? Regards, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Drobic [mailto:suse-linux-e@japantest.homelinux.com] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:34 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Unable to see netbios name of linux server Peter Hartlén wrote:
When I got Suse running again, it just won't broadcast it's NetBios name 'SIBMASTER' to the other computers on the network. I can see the router in 'attached devices' on my router, but it is named 'UNKNOWN NAME'. It is also only possible to connect to the server using it's IP-address.
Is nmbd running? Check the logs!
So, why isn't the name of the server broadcasted to my router or any other computer on the network?
Is nmbd running?
Any tips on what I should look for?
Check the logs! They are the admins best friends when debugging! Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com