[Samba] Netbios Alias

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Freeman, Ricky wrote:
| I am trying to setup a Netbois alias that uses it's
| own smb.conf file.  I have made the following changes
| to the original smb.conf file:
|
| netbois alias = TPUB02
| include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%L
|
| For some reason the smb.conf file in the include
| statement does not work. In touble shooting this issue
| I was able to hardcode the smb.conf file name
| in the include statement and that does work.
|
| include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.tpub02
|
| I would appreciate any help with
| fixing this problem.

To use netbios aliases with Windows 2000 and
later clients, you have to force the client to
use port 139.  So set 'smb ports = 139' in smb.conf.

Alternatively you can use a multi-homed Samba box,
assign a different DNS name to each [virtual] interface
and use the %i var in place of %L.




cheers, jerry
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