[opensuse] How to Set Netbios Name
I've just spent two hours trying to find the procedure to set a netbios name on a Linux machine, for use in a Samba network. Can someone point me to the procedure? I'd appreciate it. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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I've just spent two hours trying to find the procedure to set a netbios name on a Linux machine, for use in a Samba network. Can someone point me to the procedure? I'd appreciate it.
Don Henson
For what purpose? To share data with Windows Workstations? To share data with Linux Workstations? To login to a Windows Peer to Peer Network? To access a Domain Server Style Network? To access a share on a samba server? Simplest is possibly to setup workstation as a samba server (but that is stretching the concept of simple somewhat!). There is a procedure to register a machine into a domain via YaST, but not knowing the version of SuSE being used and what you intend to do and your environment cannot give any pointers. The old SMB based client support requires a local samba configuration file, the newer cifs support does not need the a NETBIOS name to connect to a samba share, but does require server capabilities to host a share. The samba docs (look in /usr/share/docs/packages/samba) go into this in some depth. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnIlSasN0sSnLmgIRAvxNAJ4hAncEJhiJh6G59/xRImnkomRdIACfenaR PCCl6pUuywhNIWf/EcVstW0= =Ge6P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Donald D Henson wrote:
I've just spent two hours trying to find the procedure to set a netbios name on a Linux machine, for use in a Samba network. Can someone point me to the procedure? I'd appreciate it.
Don Henson
You can change it in "Personal Settings", under Internet & Network > Samba. But why would you want to change it? It should default to your linux host name and it's a bad idea to change it to something else. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 06:04 -0700, Donald D Henson wrote:
I've just spent two hours trying to find the procedure to set a netbios name on a Linux machine, for use in a Samba network. Can someone point me to the procedure? I'd appreciate it.
Don Henson
In the simple case (as root) edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and add a line
near the top like:
netbios name =
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