[NTLUG:Discuss] AT&T@Home redux

[Christopher 'Vulpine' Kalley]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Ian Pilcher wrote:

> This issue is almost certainly limited to certain @Home areas, probably
> those which have been rolled out more recently.  Therefore, I would ask
> that people verify that @Home behaves similarly in your area (i.e., that
> it depends on the Windows "Computer Name") before posting an "it works
> for me" response.  Otherwise, it just confused things.
> 
> For those people who have possible solutions, either Samba or DHCP
> related, please be specific about what you did to get things working --
> what files you editted or what tools you used to make the changes.  As
> a starter, here is the smb.conf which I tried last night:
> 
>     [global]
>         netbios name = {AT&T supplied name}
>         server string = Team Fax Server
>         security = SHARE
>         print command = lpr -r -P%p -U%U@%M %s
> 
>     [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
> 
> (This is a holdover from a project I had previously worked on.  The only
> change I made was the NETBIOS name.)
> 
> I'd like to make this a constructive conversation.  If I can figure this
> out, I'll gladly put together a quick HOWTO, which should benefit a lot
> of people.
> 
> Thanks!


This is my smb.conf file, the one difference I see is the workgroup
option

[global]
   workgroup = @home
   server string = Linux Fileserver/FTP Server
   guest account = nobody
   keep alive = 30
   os level = 2
   kernel oplocks = false
   security = user

Hope this helps some.

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Christopher "Vulpine" Kalley - System Administrator, Cyberfox Networks
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