Problem defining the Samba workgroup

[Traveller]

On 17/09/2010 8:46, NoOp wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>

I have been following this thread in an effort to learn about SAMBA 
before trying to set it up myself. I'm still not certain I understand 
all of what has been said here, but I came across this in another NG 
(ubuntu.doc) and I wonder if it might be of assistance?

<quote>
I have really struggled with setting up samba as a domain controller and 
it would have been a huge help to have the following information 
available at
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/samba-dc.html

Under step 7
Comment that rights need to be explicitly provided to the domain admins 
group to allow the add machine script (and other admin functions) to work.
This is achieved by running

net rpc rights grant "YOURDOMAIN\Domain Admins" 
SeMachineAccountPrivilege SePrintOperatorPrivilege SeAddUsersPrivilege 
SeDiskOperatorPrivilege SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege

(without this step adding a machine fails with message unknown user or 
bad password)

Also step 8 is now WRONG In 10.04 you restart Samba by running

sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd

NOT sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
</quote>

I'm a complete noob to this sort of thing, so I may be telling you 
something you already know, but I thought I would offer it on the off 
chance it might help.

		Dave