renaming my linux box
Alexander Dalloz
alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de
Thu Jul 1 13:59:57 UTC 2004
Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb SoftCell um 15:40:
[ reordered due to top-posting ]
> > 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.
> 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
> - Jake
Can you explain what you mean? What kind of "error will pop up"?
For testing I just changed the netbios name setting in my servers
smb.conf to a name which certainly does not resolv, neither by
/etc/hosts nor bind. And no error occurs. Do you maybe mean samba name
mapping through /etc/samba/lmhosts file?
Of course if you change your hostname setting then of course the
/etc/hosts file should reflect the changed mapping too.
Alexander
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