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Old 01-13-2004, 11:25 AM   #1
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Changing name from localhost


Is it necessary to change the name of localhost? If so why and how do I do it - Mandrake 9.2.

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Old 01-13-2004, 12:47 PM   #2
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It's not necessary but you can in /etc/sysconfig/network and there's a file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts i believe.
 
Old 01-13-2004, 12:50 PM   #3
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You can do it from the network card setup. Be warned that you might have to go in and edit /etc/resolv.conf too. If you have dhcp set up, you can use the name assigned by your dhcp server too (I think that is an option on the net card setup).

If don't care, you do not need to change it. It is just the default name of your computer.
 
Old 01-13-2004, 01:24 PM   #4
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Thanks.

While I'm at it. I'm setting up a samba server for my windows xp machines. The server is seeing the different machines but I am not able to access. This would be my first network setup (windows or linux). If you could offer some advice that would be great. So far..

Samba running
Lisa daemon running
I can see the xp computers but all prompting for a password when accessing.
I want to use the server as a test bed and file sharing - windows machines
The samba server is in a novell environment - all xp machines are logging into a novell server. I don't know if this is an issue???

Any input would be helpful
 
Old 01-13-2004, 02:51 PM   #5
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Oh one other this I'm trying to get swat to work. Did a /sbin/services swat restart to see if the service was started but the swat service cannot be found. How can I get swat to activate and is there another webadmin out there?
 
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Is swat installed? And is it configured to run as a service?

smaba uses the computer hostname as the network name of the computer. localhost is not a legal network name since every TCP configured computer has the localhost name assigned to the TCP/IP (127.0.0.1) loopback interface. You can add an entry to the smb.conf file
netbios name=<Any_name>

Be sure to restart samba for changes to take effect

You can change the hostname of the computer by editing the
/etc/sysconfig/network file and change the entry for hostname.
 
Old 01-14-2004, 06:36 AM   #7
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It doesn't seem like swat is installed. Is it a part of samba? I running samba 2.27 - Mandrake 9.1 and samba 2.28 Mandrake 9.2 on the other machine (my laptop for test dummie purposes). Is swat a part of the install discs that come with the OS?

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Old 01-14-2004, 12:26 PM   #8
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Quote:
Originally posted by jbraum
Is swat a part of the install discs that come with the OS?
It is available on the install discs, but is a seperate option so must be checked. In other words, it does not install by default with Samba.
 
Old 01-14-2004, 12:51 PM   #9
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Thanks, I'll see if I can install off the disc.
 
Old 01-17-2004, 01:04 AM   #10
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I had a similar problem

I found a file called list under /etc/netprofile
it lists all the files used for networking
mine looks like this
/etc/hosts
/etc/isdn/isdn1B.conf
/etc/isdn/isdn2B.conf
/etc/ppp/ioptions1B
/etc/ppp/ioptions2B
/etc/ppp/peers/adsl
/etc/ppp/peers/adsl
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*[0-9]
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_down
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_pg_up
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_down
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_iop1B
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_iop2B
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_isdn1B
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_isdn2B
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_prog
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_resolv
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_speedtouch
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_up
 
  


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