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

[Cross, Kent G (US SSA)]

Thank you all. Clearing out the registry did the trick. I was even able
to set the server name to WHATEVER in the smb.conf file and got
"WHATEVER" to come through. 

Kent

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Crummey [mailto:tom at ee.ucl.ac.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:03 AM
To: Cross, Kent G (US SSA)
Subject: Re: [Samba] Where does Windows get the samba name to put into
the Network Share name?

Hello,

It's in the registry on the PC.

Cross, Kent G (US SSA) wrote:
> 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. 
> 
>  
> 
> 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?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 

-- 
Tom.

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