[UniMacTech] Samba server string

[Justin Young]

Hello,

I am setting up Samba sharing in OS X 10.5 and need to manually edit  
the smb server string.
Under 10.4 I could edit /etc/smb.conf and remove the line ;Using the  
Computer Name to compute the NETBIOS name. Remove this comment to  
override, and then change the server string and NetBIOS name entries  
in smb.conf to what was needed.

This no longer exists in 10.5.

The problem we have with using the Computer Name is that we a want a  
standardised way for computers to show up in the Workgroup list in  
Windows. We use a ID number for the computer name, and then the server  
string to show the department and user name of the computer.

I can set the NetBIOS name okay in Network prefs, but the only way to  
get the server string correct is to change the Computer Name in  
Sharing Prefs. Unfortunately we also want the Macs to show up in the  
OS X network browser identified by the Machine ID number. So the  
Computer Name and server string are at odds with each other.

I can temporarily get everything right by editing /var/db/smb.conf,  
but that gets reset if I make any changes in Network Prefs.

/var/db/smb.conf seems to override /etc/smb.conf. I can't find any  
documentation on how I should be manually set the smb prefs properly  
so any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Justin Young
Computer Facility
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Otago, Wellington
New Zealand
ph: (04) 385 5541 ext 5674
justin.young at otago.ac.nz
www.wnmeds.ac.nz

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