i changed the name on the network devices and samba, however when i went to reboot the msg came up that i had to edit the file /etc/hosts. when i edited the hosts file it was all ok On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:59:57 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb SoftCell um 15:40: > > [ reordered due to top-posting ] > > > > 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. > > > 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 > > > - Jake > > Can you explain what you mean? What kind of "error will pop up"? > > For testing I just changed the netbios name setting in my servers > smb.conf to a name which certainly does not resolv, neither by > /etc/hosts nor bind. And no error occurs. Do you maybe mean samba name > mapping through /etc/samba/lmhosts file? > > Of course if you change your hostname setting then of course the > /etc/hosts file should reflect the changed mapping too. > > 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 15:53:38 up 1:50, 8 users, 1.76, 0.63, 0.37 > > > > signature.asc - 1K > noname - 1K Download > -- - Jake
