M. Staroscik wrote:
> When I connect my PocketPC to my Samba server, the device has a very
> strange name in smblog:
>
> netbios connect: local=server remote=_cerdrc9cb8005
> _cerdrc9cb8005 (192.168.1.94) connect to service Music as user USER
> (uid=xxxx, gid=xxxx) (pid 44909)
>
> "_cerdrc9cb8005" is just an example, the exact string changes. My
> other samba clients have "normal" names in the log.
>
Appears to be a temporary assigned netbios name. When you give your pocketpc
a fixed name (must be somewhere in network setup), it should transfer that
one.
> Where is Samba getting this string from? Is this something the client
> specifies, or something that Samba is cooking up itself in the absence
> of a client-provided string?
>
Or the client is cooking it by himself ...
> Either way, I want to change it to reflect the device's proper name.
> Any ideas? Can I accomplish this with a host entry? The PPC gets its
> IP from the Samba server via DHCP, but I can have it fixed and assign
> a name to it in /etc/hosts easily enough.
>
Rather use lmhosts.
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