Problem defining the Samba workgroup

[NoOp]

On 09/16/2010 07:00 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:05 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 09/16/2010 10:05 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM,  <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> Sort of what I'm trying to figure out...How can I tell?
>>>
>>> NoOp suggested that you add a dumbledore.kappa_net" entry to /etc/hosts.
>>>
>>> I tried doing so with ".workgroup" with your smb.conf but my workgroup
>>> was still ".kappa_net".
>>
>> This apparently is not longer needed on 10.04. I just tried on the
>> laptop & it didn't make any difference. What *did* make a difference
>> after editing 'workgroup = <name>' in /etc/samba/smb.conf was to reboot.
>> No matter what I tried (stopping/starting/restarting smbd & networking -
>> logging out/in) made a difference. I could only pick up the new samba
>> domain/workgroup name in nautilus *after* I rebooted.
> 
> I changed the "workgroup = " a few times without restarting either
> smbd or nmbd and "smbclient -L //127.0.0.1" output the new workgroup
> as the domain every time! Unexpectedly!
> 
> The new workgroup was also output after stopping and starting smbd and nmbd.
> 

Were you checking from a remote machine, or just local?

Sorry, I should have mentioned that was using the laptop as the target
base (change domain/workgroup) and the desktop to see if the changes are
broadcast from the laptop to the desktop.