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Hey,
So I have smb running on my F10 system. I can access it in windows explorer "\\192.168.1.22" fine. However, hostname seams to not exist. Samba is set to the correct workgroup/domain, which is simply "WORKGROUP". In windows, if I go to view workgroup computers my system is not there.

At windows, I cannot ping the F10 hostname, only 192.168.1.22.

I've been trying to fix this hours and hours... Initially thinking DNS, then I was told to check WINS in SMB... I'm at an end. I can ping my windows machine hostname fine.

smb.conf:
Code:
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too

# many!) most of which are not shown in this example

#

# For a step to step guide on installing, configuring and using samba, 

# read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection. This may be obtained from:

#  http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

#

# Many working examples of smb.conf files can be found in the 

# Samba-Guide which is generated daily and can be downloaded from: 

#  http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf

#

# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) 

# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #

# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you

# may wish to enable

#

# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"

# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. 

#

#---------------

# SELINUX NOTES:

#

# If you want to use the useradd/groupadd family of binaries please run:

# setsebool -P samba_domain_controller on

#

# If you want to share home directories via samba please run:

# setsebool -P samba_enable_home_dirs on

#

# If you create a new directory you want to share you should mark it as

# "samba-share_t" so that selinux will let you write into it.

# Make sure not to do that on system directories as they may already have

# been marked with othe SELinux labels.

#

# Use ls -ldZ /path to see which context a directory has

#

# Set labels only on directories you created!

# To set a label use the following: chcon -t samba_share_t /path

#

# If you need to share a system created directory you can use one of the

# following (read-only/read-write):

# setsebool -P samba_export_all_ro on

# or

# setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw on

#

# If you want to run scripts (preexec/root prexec/print command/...) please

# put them into the /var/lib/samba/scripts directory so that smbd will be

# allowed to run them.

# Make sure you COPY them and not MOVE them so that the right SELinux context

# is applied, to check all is ok use restorecon -R -v /var/lib/samba/scripts

#

#--------------

#

#======================= Global Settings =====================================



[global]



# ----------------------- Netwrok Related Options -------------------------

#

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH

#

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

#

# netbios name can be used to specify a server name not tied to the hostname

#

# Interfaces lets you configure Samba to use multiple interfaces

# If you have multiple network interfaces then you can list the ones

# you want to listen on (never omit localhost)

#

# Hosts Allow/Hosts Deny lets you restrict who can connect, and you can

# specifiy it as a per share option as well

#

        workgroup = WORKGROUP

        server string = Samba Server Version %v



        netbios name = deaglan-s



        interfaces = lo eth0

        hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.



# --------------------------- Logging Options -----------------------------

#

# Log File let you specify where to put logs and how to split them up.

#

# Max Log Size let you specify the max size log files should reach



        # logs split per machine

        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

        # max 50KB per log file, then rotate

        max log size = 50



# ----------------------- Standalone Server Options ------------------------

#

# Scurity can be set to user, share(deprecated) or server(deprecated)

#

# Backend to store user information in. New installations should 

# use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards 

# compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.



        security = user

        passdb backend = tdbsam





# ----------------------- Domain Members Options ------------------------

#

# Security must be set to domain or ads

#

# Use the realm option only with security = ads

# Specifies the Active Directory realm the host is part of

#

# Backend to store user information in. New installations should 

# use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards 

# compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.

#

# Use password server option only with security = server or if you can't

# use the DNS to locate Domain Controllers

# The argument list may include:

#  password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]

# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s

#  password server = *





;        realm = MY_REALM



;        password server = <NT-Server-Name>



# ----------------------- Domain Controller Options ------------------------

#

# Security must be set to user for domain controllers

#

# Backend to store user information in. New installations should 

# use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards 

# compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.

#

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

#

# Domain Logons let Samba be a domain logon server for Windows workstations. 

#

# Logon Scrpit let yuou specify a script to be run at login time on the client

# You need to provide it in a share called NETLOGON

#

# Logon Path let you specify where user profiles are stored (UNC path)

#

# Various scripts can be used on a domain controller or stand-alone

# machine to add or delete corresponding unix accounts

#



;        domain master = yes 

;        domain logons = yes



        # the login script name depends on the machine name

;        logon script = %m.bat

        # the login script name depends on the unix user used

;        logon script = %u.bat

;        logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%u

        # disables profiles support by specifing an empty path

;        logon path =          



;        add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd "%u" -n -g users

;        add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd "%g"

;        add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -n -c "Workstation (%u)" -M -d /nohome -s /bin/false "%u"

;        delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel "%u"

;        delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel "%u" "%g"

;        delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel "%g"





# ----------------------- Browser Control Options ----------------------------

#

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

#

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

#

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

;        local master = no

;        os level = 33

;        preferred master = yes



#----------------------------- Name Resolution -------------------------------

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

#

# - WINS Support: Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server

#

# - WINS Server: Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

#

# - WINS Proxy: Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on

#  behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be

#  at least one        WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.

#

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups.



        wins support = yes

        wins server = 192.168.1.2

        wins proxy = no



        dns proxy = yes



# --------------------------- Printing Options -----------------------------

#

# Load Printers let you load automatically the list of printers rather

# than setting them up individually

#

# Cups Options let you pass the cups libs custom options, setting it to raw

# for example will let you use drivers on your Windows clients

#

# Printcap Name let you specify an alternative printcap file

#

# You can choose a non default printing system using the Printing option



;        load printers = yes

        cups options = raw



;        printcap name = /etc/printcap

        #obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV

;        printcap name = lpstat

;        printing = cups



# --------------------------- Filesystem Options ---------------------------

#

# The following options can be uncommented if the filesystem supports

# Extended Attributes and they are enabled (usually by the mount option

# user_xattr). Thess options will let the admin store the DOS attributes

# in an EA and make samba not mess with the permission bits.

#

# Note: these options can also be set just per share, setting them in global

# makes them the default for all shares



;        map archive = no

;        map hidden = no

;        map read only = no

;        map system = no

        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

;        encrypt passwords = yes

;        guest ok = no

;        guest account = nobody

;        store dos attributes = yes





#============================ Share Definitions ==============================



;[homes]

;        comment = Home Directories

;        browseable = no

;        writable = yes

;        valid users = %S

;        valid users = MYDOMAIN\%S



[printers]

        comment = All Printers

        path = /var/spool/samba

        browseable = no

;        guest ok = no

;        writable = No

        printable = yes



# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

;        [netlogon]

;        comment = Network Logon Service

;        path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon

;        guest ok = yes

;        writable = no

;        share modes = no





# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share

# the default is to use the user's home directory

;        [Profiles]

;        path = /var/lib/samba/profiles

;        browseable = no

;        guest ok = yes





# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in

# the "staff" group

;        [public]

;        comment = Public Stuff

;        path = /home/samba

;        public = yes

;        writable = yes

;        printable = no

;        write list = +staff





[t_toget]

        comment = Put torrents here to be downloaded

        path = /home/boza/ktorrent/t_toget

        writeable = yes

        browseable = yes

        valid users = boza, torrent0



[t_complete]

        comment = Completed downloads

        path = /home/boza/ktorrent/t_complete

        writeable = yes

        browseable = yes

        valid users = boza, torrent0
Thanks