[Samba] changing a windowsxp machine name

[Kristyan Osborne]

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Hiya,

You could probably get away with this:

1. remove the machines from the domain / change the name whilst you're at it ( change to a workgroup )
2. Reboot XP machine
3. change the machines names in the smbpasswd / /etc/passwd files
4. add machines to the domain

You should need to start/stop samba for this.

Cheers

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From: samba-bounces+kris=longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+kris=longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk at lists.samba.org
]On Behalf Of Greg Andrews
Sent: 22 August 2004 12:46
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] changing a windowsxp machine name


Howdy All,

I need to change the machine names on about 10 machines ( winxp ) on a
samba 3.05/redhat9 network ( NO LDAP )

Am I correct in the order I have listed below to accomplish this

1. remove the machines from the domain ( change to a workgroup )
2. remove the machines from the smbpasswd file ( I can use webmin for this )
3. stop samba
4. remove the machines from /etc/passwd
5. add new machines names to /etc/passwd
6. start samba
7. add new machines to smbpasswd
8. add machines to the domain

Greg Andrews
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System Manager
RGTechnologies Pty Ltd
606 Skipton Street
Ballarat 3350
613 53363603
0417 511 731
andrews at rgt.com.au

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