[Samba] Verbose name

Tony Whitmore tonywhitmore at users.sourceforge.net
Mon Jul 12 18:22:06 GMT 2004


Miles Scruggs wrote:
>>Miles Scruggs wrote:
>>
>>>How do I shorten my servername that is displayed to windows clients
>>>currently it is
>>>'Samba 3.0.2a-Debian (netbios name)'  How do I change this to netbios
>>
>>name
>>
>>>only?
>>
>>Look for the "Server string" line in your smb.conf - this is where this
>>is set.
> 
> [Miles Scruggs] 
> Well I was able to create the server string and just leave it blank, that
> clears the whole thing and leaves only netbios name.  Does anyone know how
> this is set by default in debian or where it is set?  There is nothing in
> the smb.conf

If it's not set in smb.conf, it's probably compiled in as the default 
when the package is built.

Glad you fixed your problem,

Tony


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