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Old 09-02-2003, 10:27 AM   #1
pHoeNIgS
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samba - change server name


hi ho...

i've configured my samba server, and it works....
but i want to change the servername from "localhost" to another one...

can anyone tell me the command for the smb.config

THX
 
Old 09-02-2003, 10:30 AM   #2
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netbios name = anotherone

..of course your servername shouldn't be "localhost", it picks it up from the first bit of the host name, so you should really have set that
 
Old 09-02-2003, 07:03 PM   #3
pHoeNIgS
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thanks for this fast reply

greez phoenigs
 
  


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