Re: renaming my linux box

[SoftCell <jake pronk gmail com>]

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

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:18:54 +0200, Alexander Dalloz
<alexander dalloz uni-bielefeld de> wrote:
> 
> Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb Yang Xiao um 15:01:
> 
> > Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and modify the line that says
> > server string = My Big Fat Fedora Box
> 
> > Yang
> 
> 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.
> 
> Alexander
> 
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