making Samba work

[Shane Lahey]

Hello Alexander,

Tuesday, August 2, 2005, 4:27:36 PM, you wrote:

AD> Am Di, den 02.08.2005 schrieb Claude Jones um 20:34:

>> My smb.conf
>> [global]
>>       netbios name = viewridgeproductions2

AD> The NETBIOS name is much too long. Do not exceed 15 characters.

AD> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prjj_ipa_hgjg.asp

I also remember reading once that you should try to use an ODD number
of characters in netbios names, can't remember why, but I think it has
to do with windows.  But i am not sure how true this is, so do not
take my word for it :)

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Best regards,
 Shane