samba - Aug 2002 - a "hidden" setting for a samba server

does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?

on an NT machine the command "net config server /hidden:yes"
will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server

many thanks

sincerely,

bob reven

Maybe one of these commands would help you.  

browse list = no
Or
browseable = no

I think the browseable command only applies to shares though?????

Refer to your man (smb.conf) for more info on these commands.

Hope this helps.  Good Luck!

IRV

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Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:32 PM
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Subject: [Samba] a "hidden" setting for a samba server

does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?

on an NT machine the command "net config server /hidden:yes"
will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server

many thanks

sincerely,

bob reven
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Quoting Irving Carrion <icarrion@allinterior.com>:
> Maybe one of these commands would help you.  
> 
> browse list = no
> Or
> browseable = no
many thanks but neither of these does the trick.

anyone else have any ideas?

many thanks

sincerely,

bob reven


> -----Original Message-----
> does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?
> 
> on an NT machine the command "net config server /hidden:yes"
> will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
> i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server
> 
> many thanks
> 
> sincerely,
> 
> bob reven

For me, when I set 'local master = no' in the global section of smb.conf
the
server disappeared from net neigh.  Give it a try and let me know.


Josh Konkol, CNE MCSE
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bob.reven@unix1.trinity.ox.ac.uk
> [mailto:bob.reven@unix1.trinity.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:21 PM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] a "hidden" setting for a samba server
> 
> 
> Quoting Irving Carrion <icarrion@allinterior.com>:
> 
> > Maybe one of these commands would help you.  
> > 
> > browse list = no
> > Or
> > browseable = no
> 
> many thanks but neither of these does the trick.
> 
> anyone else have any ideas?
> 
> many thanks
> 
> sincerely,
> 
> bob reven
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?
> > 
> > on an NT machine the command "net config server /hidden:yes"
> > will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
> > i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server
> > 
> > many thanks
> > 
> > sincerely,
> > 
> > bob reven
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>

What are you trying to do?
Hide this server from everyone or just a few?
Do you want the server accessible, even if it is hidden? That is, do you
want the shares mappable but the server not seen?
Do you want to change the name of the server to something else?
Joel

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 07:21:10PM +0100, bob.reven@unix1.trinity.ox.ac.uk
wrote:
> Quoting Irving Carrion <icarrion@allinterior.com>:
> 
> > Maybe one of these commands would help you.  
> > 
> > browse list = no
> > Or
> > browseable = no
> 
> many thanks but neither of these does the trick.
> 
> anyone else have any ideas?
> 
> many thanks
> 
> sincerely,
> 
> bob reven
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?
> > 
> > on an NT machine the command "net config server /hidden:yes"
> > will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
> > i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server
> > 
> > many thanks
> > 
> > sincerely,
> > 
> > bob reven
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> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
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Quoting "Konkol, Josh" <JKonkol@guidemail.com>:
> Are you running both smbd and nmbd.  What happens if you killall nmbd ??
nothing!

still there!

sincerely,

bob reven

Quoting Joel Hammer <Joel@HammersHome.com>:
> What are you trying to do?
> Hide this server from everyone or just a few?
> Do you want the server accessible, even if it is hidden? That is, do you
> want the shares mappable but the server not seen?
> Do you want to change the name of the server to something else?
i just want the machine to disappear from the network neighbourhood but
i still want clients to be able to "run": \\server\share
and map a drive to \\server\share

this is easily accomplished on an NT machine with the command 
"net config server /hidden:yes" which makes me think it must just be
some simple SMB setting. rather like the "browseable=no" for
individual shares.

i am increasingly of the view that samba just hasnt implemented this SMB 
setting but would very much like to be corrected!

many thanks,

sincerely,

bob reven


 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > does anyone know how to hide a samba server in SMB terms?
 > > 
 > > on an NT machine the command "net config server
/hidden:yes"
 > > will make the machine vanish from the network neighbourhood but
 > > i cant figure out how to do this for a samba server
 > > 
 > > many thanks
 > > 
 > > sincerely,
 > > 
 > > bob reven

Quoting "Van Sickler, Jim" <vansickj-eodc@Kaman.com>:
> It may take a while (>30 min's) for the samba box to
> get cleared out of the cached browser info...it
> won't disappear right away.
will try this. will the server still register itself with a WINS server
if a line:
   wins server = w.x.y.z
is in the smb.conf

also will clients still be able to map a drive to \\server\share assuming
they can resolver the name "server" via WINS?

any other nitoceable changes when killing nmbd. could do with some docs on 
exactly what nmbd does.

many thanks

sincerely,

bob reven
> > > Are you running both smbd and nmbd.  What happens if you 
> > killall nmbd ??
> > 
> > nothing!