[NTLUG:Discuss] @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?
Michael B. Lee
mlee at loopstart.com
Wed Jan 24 13:14:54 CST 2001
Right, it is the NETBIOS name (that much I know). Thanks for the tip on
Samba, folks.
One thing's killing me, though. Yes it is dumb, and yes, it's not my
imagination. All things equal, NOT having an AT&T assigned name kills my
connection (there's no questioning that). But WHAT ON EARTH in the AT&T
network is LOOKING for that name? I don't get it. I'm not joining their
Windows network (at least I don't want to). All I'm doing is getting routed
from my cable modem, out to their Internet peering router. Could a router
be looking for it? Or would it have to be a Windows server looking for it.
If so, what kind? Like a Radius server or something? I'd love to know.
At 12:08 PM 1/24/01 -0600, you wrote:
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> > "Michael B. Lee" wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Do you mean the 'hostname' ?
> >
> > If so, you can change it temporarily by saying (as 'root'):
> >
> > hostname {newname}
> >
> > ...but to change it permenantly, (to quote from the 'hostname'
> > man page):
> >
> > "The host name is usually set once at system startup in
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 or /etc/init.d/boot (normally by read
> > ing the contents of a file which contains the host name,
> > e.g. /etc/hostname)."
> >
>
>The "Network Neighborhood --> Identification --> Computer name" thing is
>(please correct me if I'm wrong here) I believe the NETBIOS name which is
>part of the SMB browser function. For a Unix/Linux box to be visible in
>the "Network Neighborhood" means that it must be running the nmbd daemon
>and thus advertising its NETBIOS name as defined in (typically) smbd.conf.
>
>This is part of the Samba package, and I believe that you would not need
>to run the complementary smbd daemon which allows your box to share out
>directories and/or printers via the SMB protocol (M$ file & print services).
>Running any SMB services out on the internet brings into consideration of
>a number of security issues.
>
>Are you sure that @home really requires this? Seems kinda dumb to me, and
>makes me wonder about MacOS machines on @home as well. Perhaps others can
>provide some clarification here. I'm not that familiar with @home service.
>
>Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com
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