[Samba] Where does Windows get the samba name to put into the Network Share name?

Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha at sapo.pt
Tue Feb 10 23:53:20 GMT 2009


> Where is my PC getting the older version number from? I copied the
> private folder, smb.conf, and smbpasswd from the old version to the new
> install location. Could it be getting "Samba 3.0.20b" from one of these
> files?
>
>   
smb.conf

server string =              -> gives you the samba version.
server string = ""           -> gives you an empty description
server string = WHATEVER     -> gives you WHATEVER as a description




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