if you change the name in samba it will only effect the host and an erro will pop up when you reboot. you will need to change the /etc/hosts file to rename your linux box On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:18:54 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb Yang Xiao um 15:01: > > > Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and modify the line that says > > server string = My Big Fat Fedora Box > > > Yang > > That would only change the description string, not the netbios name > itself. First he should take care that /etc/sysconfig/network > HOSTNAME=something_else_than_localhost has set. And then if he likes he > can set in the smb.conf "netbios name = foobar", else the netbios name > is automatically the hostname. > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.1 > Serendipity 15:15:51 up 1:12, 8 users, 0.27, 0.18, 0.16 > > > > signature.asc - 1K > noname - 1K Download > -- - Jake
