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08-28-2003, 01:52 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 9
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How to find a name of Linux box!
Hi, everyone!
I have a newbie question:
How to find a name of Linux box?
I'm installing a samba server and I need a name of linux box to add to the other w2k box!
Thx in advance!
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08-28-2003, 01:55 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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do you mean this name?
cat /etc/sysconfig/network | grep HOSTNAME
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08-28-2003, 02:29 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 142
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To find the name for SMB its in the smb.conf file. there is a entry that says "netbios name=" thats where you can find it  |
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08-28-2003, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Distribution: RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE
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At the command line, type: hostname
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08-28-2003, 03:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 9
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Thx guys, the command hostname showed me the exact name like the w2k machine when connected the linux machine on network!
I really do not understand why when I connect to Linux box like a root the command in shell is like this
"linux:/" and this is the machine name. I was expecting more the invitation like "root:/"
thx again!
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