Fixed. Changed the name in /etc/hosts also.
At 04:14 PM 9/22/1998 -0500, you wrote: >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 >| >=========================================================== > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > =========================================================== 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 | ===========================================================
