> -----Original Message----- > From: xentek dev [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:58 PM > To: Fedora Mailing LIst > Subject: renaming my linux box > > > how does one set the name for the linux machine when being > browsed by a windows machine? > > samba is up and running, and i can access the shares on the > linux box from my WinXP client, but it's named 'localhost'... > I'd like to change it to something more descriptive. > > thanks! > > Hi, Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and modify the line that says server string = My Big Fat Fedora Box Restart samba. Yang
