[Samba] How to stop samba from showing in share title

Evan Rempel erempel at uvic.ca
Sat Nov 6 05:16:59 GMT 2004


This will certainly make the "server string" show up in the network
browser, but when you map a drive letter, and then open "My Computer" the
mapped drive letter will still show 'Samba 3.0.7 (hostname)' H:

Evan.


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, John H Terpstra wrote:

> On Friday 05 November 2004 16:51, Evan Rempel wrote:
> > When I map a drive to samba unsing Windows XP, the "my computer" windows
> > displays
> >
> > username on 'Samba 3.0.7 (hostname)' H:
> >
> > How do I prevent/change the "Samba 3.0.7" portion of this name.
> > I certainly do not want to advertise the version that I am using.
>
> In your smb.conf [global] add:
>
> 	server string = Grany's Apple Pie
>
>
> - John T.
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Evan Rempel <erempel at UVic.CA>
Senior Programmer Analyst
University of Victoria


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