At 03:39 PM 9/22/1998 -0500, you wrote: >I installed Samba on my debian box the other day, but haven't figured out >how to use it very well yet. At the time the box was named "sheasbys". >Today I changed the hostname to "jonah". I did this by changing the name in >/etc/hostname and then by issuing the command "hostname -F/etc/hostname". >Now when I run "testparm smb.conf" from /etc, I get an error about not >being able to GetMyhostname jonah. > >I also needed to move the PC, so I shut it down; when I rebooted I also >noticed that there was an error on bootup about not being able to get the >name jonah; this error had something to do with printing. If you need the >exact text, let me know where I can find a log file that might have it and >I'll post it. > >Did I do something wrong in renaming the computer? > >TIA, Kent
In case the info is pertinent, I'm running on ethernet, and our net is using DHCP and WINS. I'm wondering if WINS still thinks my NIC's hardware address still belongs to sheasbys, and therefore jonah is not being recognized by WINS, and my debian box looks to WINS instead of itself to find out that it's own name is jonah? Sound anywhere near reasonable? =========================================================== Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General | ===========================================================
