> - > Hi, > I've got a problem with Samba starting up on an Alpha running redhat 5.0 . > It takes ages > to load to of the services and the second times out with an error: > > Starting SMB services: smbd httpd: cannot determine local host name. > Use ServerName to configure it manually. > > Anybody got any good ideas. I've read all the stuff I can find about samba > but not had any luck.Hi! Try - hostname [name of your host] Wieho