[Samba] Please review my smb.conf

[DavidA]

Hi Rowland

>Sorry, but a dns domain is just as relevant for a home network as it is for 
>a work network, please use one

Ok, thanks. I know this is well out of your area, but I wonder where I would 
specify the dns domain in Windows?

David

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rowland penny
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 9:23 AM
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Please review my smb.conf

On 03/01/16 09:05, DavidA wrote:
> Hi Rowland
>
> Thanks for your reply.  I see:
>
> $ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> ::1             localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> ff02::1         ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2         ip6-allrouters
>
> 127.0.1.1       RPHS
>
> So I guess I should edit the hosts file and specify RPHS's fixed IP 
> address. I don't think domain name is relevant for a home network so I 
> won't specify one.  Will let you know how it goes.
>
> David
>
>

Sorry, but a dns domain is just as relevant for a home network as it is
for a work network, please use one, you can make it up if you like, just
don't use an existing one or one ending in '.local'

Rowland

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