Samba Netbios Name

I have an NT share at my employer, let's say it is called \\employer\buck.
I have a samba share at home on a linux server named "linux", and I connect
to \\linux\buck. Can I use the "netbios name" parameter to change samba at
home to be \\employer\buck so that I can connect to a drive with the same
name and structure when using my laptop? I have a fair amount of
development scripts that have a certain NT path hardcoded.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) m>,
"Buck Turgidson" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> I have an NT share at my employer, let's say it is called \\employer\buck.
> I have a samba share at home on a linux server named "linux", and I connect
> to \\linux\buck. Can I use the "netbios name" parameter to change samba at
> home to be \\employer\buck so that I can connect to a drive with the same
> name and structure when using my laptop? I have a fair amount of
> development scripts that have a certain NT path hardcoded.

Yes, "netbios name" will do that, but you'll then lose the "linux" NetBIOS
name. You might prefer to use "netbios aliases" instead, as in "netbios
aliases = EMPLOYER". The system will then respond to both names.

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