Problem defining the Samba workgroup

[Ronald Artos]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:47 PM, <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm running a Samba server on lucid.  I am attempting to define the
> workgroup as KAPPA_NET, but the server insists on using WORKGROUP.
>
> /etc/samba/smb.conf shows that
>
> workgroup=KAPPA_NET
>
> I've tried restarting both smbd and nmdb with
>
> sudo service smbd restart
> sudo service nmdb restart
>
> ...and verified that both services stopped and restarted
>
> Yet probing the LAN from either windows or lucid show that the server is on
> WORKGROUP
>
> Also, running smbclient -L //127.0.0.1 from the server returns:
>
> Domain=[KAPPA_NET] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]
> Sharename Type Comment
>  ---------------- ------- --------------
> print$ Disk Printer Drivers
>  share Disk
> store1 Disk
>  store2 Disk
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (dumbledore sever Samba Ubuntu))
>  Officejet Printer HP Officejet 6500 e709n
> Domain=[KAPPA_NET] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7]
>  Sharename Type Comment
> ---------------- ------- --------------
>
> Workgroup Master
> ---------------- ---------
>  KAPPA_NET PS-B810
> WORKGROUP DUMBLEDORE
>
> Where PS-P810 is the name of a windows machine on the LAN that is a member
> of the workgroup KAPPA_NET and dumbledore is the name of the machine running
> Samba.
>
> Why isn't the server reporting that is a member of KAPPA_NET?
>
> Paul
>
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