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

[Günter Kukkukk]

Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 schrieb Cross, Kent G (US SSA):
> I have upgraded our sun server from samba 3.0.20b to version 3.2.4. If I
> type "smb -V" on the sun, I get the proper version number of "Version
> 3.2.4". When I map a network drive from my PC to a share named "home1"
> on the sun, the PC mount point is named "home1 on 'Samba 3.0.20b
> (server)'. I have unmapped all drives and re-mapped them with the same
> result. 
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> 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?
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> Thanks in Advance
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afaik - the windows client is caching this in the registry.
Follow this thread: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2007-May/131597.html

Cheers, Günter