Problem defining the Samba workgroup

[Tom H]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> 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 was being a locavore. Do you think that smbclient would behave
differently if used remotely?