[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?

[Nicholas Perez]

Okay I know what you mean. My friends did notice that too with their windows 
boxes. Its a part of @home's security with piriting cable. You need to 
generate a windows SMB network name and to do that you need to run SAMBA. I 
am sure its included in RH7 but incase it is not go to samba.org and look 
there for the tarball. 2.0.7 is the latest i believe. You will need to 
configure samba to spit out your "computer name" to get an address. Other 
than that I have not personally messed with it.

--Original Message Below--



Message: 5
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:15:10 -0600
To: discuss at ntlug.org
From: "Michael B. Lee" <admin at loopstart.com>
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?
Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org



I just noticed something odd about AT&T's @home cable service. Unless it
finds the Windows computer name they assign you, it won't work. (Network
Neighborhood --> Identification --> Computer name).

So, if I'm going to run my LINUX box over the cable service, how do I
replicate that computer name in LINUX? (Where do I configure it?). I'm
using the Red Hat 7.0 distribution, if that makes any kind of difference.

Thanks.

Michael


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