[Samba] Name resolution for home network?

[Gilles]

Thanks much, problem solved.

apt-get install avahi-daemon
systemctl start avahi-daemon
systemctl enable avahi-daemon

On 07/04/2025 15:50, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:26:47 +0200
> Gilles via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> On 07/04/2025 15:15, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>>> Well, seeing as how you are going for lightness, how about dnsmasq
>>> ? If you do not really want to run a dns server, then you could
>>> fall back on Avahi.
>> Which do you recommend for a LAN to complement wsdd for name
>> resolution?
> In your case, I would use Avahi, just do not set a dns domain anywhere,
> this will cause you to fall back on the '.local' TLD.
>
>>> Try reading 'man smb.conf', you can remove most of those settings
>>> from your smb.conf file.
>> I could, although I tend to lean on the "if it ain't broke, don't fix
>> it" philosophy, and that file has so many options, some outdated or
>> synonyms, that it's not easy to understand for non-experts.
>>
>> https://www.samba.org/~ab/output/htmldocs/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html
>>
>>
> In which case, try this smb.conf , based on yours, but with the
> defaults removed.
>
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> server role = standalone
> map to guest = Bad User
> guest account = www-data
>
> interfaces = 192.168.0.15/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
> bind interfaces only = yes
>
> log level = 2
>
> disable netbios = yes
> smb ports = 445
>
> printcap name = /dev/null
> load printers = no
> printing = bsd
>
> [nginx]
> path = /usr/share/nginx
> guest ok = yes
> read only = no
> create mode = 0644
>
> Also if you really are using the workgroup name 'WORKGROUP', then you
> can remove the workgroup line as well. I work on the less is better
> method, only have lines that are different from the defaults.
>
> Rowland
>
>