[98915] in RedHat Linux List
Re: ServerName for SMB?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Greene)
Wed Nov 11 05:54:26 1998
From: Anthony Greene <agreene@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:47:13 GMT
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On 11/11/98, 7:16:23 AM, Chuck <czuhlke@netway.com> wrote:
>I could use a little help, My Redhat 5.0 fails to boot.
>Ive been running it for about a month. Last night I used Net=20
Configurator to
>change the host name of the system. When I restarted the system later=20
it
>stopped booting at
>SMBD and said it couldnt find the server name and that I shuld use=20
ServerName
>to set it.
>At this point the system won't take any input from me. If I go into=20
single
>user mode I cant find a command ServerName. Im guessing I trashed one=20
of my
>config files, but I have no idea where to look. Any help would be=20
eternally
>appreciated.
ServerName is a setting in /etc/smb.conf. It is used in the [global]=20
section along with 'security =3D server' to specify a domain controller =
to use for authenticating users that connect to an SMB service. You=20
should either set the ServerName appropriately or set 'security =3D=20
user'.
--
Anthony E. Greene <agreene@pobox.com>
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