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Old 13-May-2009, 23:07
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Default Re: Change Netbios name

On Wed May 13 2009 10:56 pm, vasilys wrote:

>
> Hey guys, I wanna change Netbios name. In the router menu, my comp is
> being displayed as --, which sucks. Tried to google it - no success
> Anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>

vasilys;
For Linux, the Netbios name will default to the host name of your linux box.
YaST->Network Device->Network Card->Address->Hostname

You can override this in /etc/samba/smb.conf. Add this to
your /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] section:
Code:
netbios name = <your desired netbios name>
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