[Samba] Can Windows 'Network Drive' name be changed ?

[Gary Roussak]

Gary Roussak
Senior Software Developer
Tyrrell Systems Limited
 
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> >>> "Paul Gienger" <pgienger at ae-solutions.com> 18/11/2005 15:33:00
>>>

> > > >> Is there any way of configuring Samba to display 
> > something other than
> > > >> "Samba 3.0.14a-0.4-SUSE (Our_server_IP_Address)" as the 
> > Network Drive
> > > >> description, for example:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > in smb.conf:
> > > > server string = text
> > > > 
> > Even after I changed the above mentioned string, the d*&m XP 
> > machines still displayed the long name. There is some sort of 
> > cacheing going on in XP that has to be cleared. Sorry I don't 
> > have it in front of me at the moment, but be aware of that 
> > Gary and Google for the instructions.
> > > 
> > ----
> > unmount /remount the drives?
> > 
> > I seem to recall some of this stuff getting stored in the
registry.
> > 
> > Craig

> Yes it does.  I can't remember exactly where it is since I've made
this sane
> on my network, but it's easy to find, especially if you have
something
> unique as the server string to search for.  For example, in our net
it was
> 'samba mania', so I searched for that and it was pretty easy to find.
 If
> you have the version number, then search on that string, it's safe to
say
> that no where else in the registry will care what the version number
is so
> when you find one occurrence you are at the right spot.  If you can't
find
> it, set the string to something absurd like 'PLEASEITGUYCOMEFINDME'
and
> connect as a new user on that machine.

> You can safely delete the whole key area when you find it as it's
just a
> cache.  

 
Thanks guys. I'm still not sure yet whether this computer name string
is compiled into a Samba library or whether it is in an ASCII file that
can be modified (I'll try a grep at some stage). It would obviously be
easier to change it just the once from the server end, but at least
knowing that it is cached in Windows registry keys means that something
can be done - luckily we only have 16 users!
 
As Paul says, fortunately, the search string was pretty unique --
'3.0.14a-0.4-SUSE'. For the record, here are the registry keys I found:
 
My
Computer\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions\<IP_Address>My
Computer\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\<Mount_Point>\_LabelFromReg

where:
 
<IP_Address> is the IP address of the Samba server
<Mount_Point> is in the format '##IP Address#Samba service name'
 
or at least, thats how they appear on my Windows XP....  ;-}
You may find further entries under HKEY_USERS.
 
Gary.

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