samba - Jun 2005 - How to I change server=[Samba 3.04.14a-2] to something else?

So I have setup my samba box as a PDC and everything is working fine.  
There is one thing that keeps bugging me:
When I run locallly:  smbclient -L localhost -U%
I get the following:
-----------------------------
Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (ROI Fileserver)
        netlogon        Disk      Network Logon Service
        profiles        Disk      Profile Share
        office          Disk      Primary data share
        management      Disk      Data share for management only
        awc             Disk      AWC drivers storage
        apps            Disk      Application Files
        ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (ROI Fileserver)
Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        MYSERVER             My Fileserver
-------------------------------

So I have set the "Server string" to "My Fileserver", which
shows up
correctly in the comment.

I want to change the Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2] being announced to 
something else.  I would like Server=[DataServer] as I do not want the 
server annoucing to the world it is running samba.  How would I do this?

I want to do this as when you browse shares in Windows XP its plunks 
"Samba 3.0.14a-2" into the task bar.

Thanks in advance.

--- Charles

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AWC Lists wrote:
> I want to change the Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2] being 
> announced to something else.  I would like Server=[DataServer]
> as I do not want the server annoucing to the world it is
> running samba.  How would I do this?
You will have to change the smbsessetup reply code in the server.
Look in smbd/sesssetup.c:add_signature().  But it really takes more
than this to hide the fact that the server is running Samba.





cheers, jerry
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So I have setup my samba box as a PDC and everything is working fine.  
There is one thing that keeps bugging me:
When I run locallly:  smbclient -L localhost -U%
I get the following:
-----------------------------
Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2]

       Sharename       Type      Comment
       ---------       ----      -------
       IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (ROI Fileserver)
       netlogon        Disk      Network Logon Service
       profiles        Disk      Profile Share
       office          Disk      Primary data share
       management      Disk      Data share for management only
       awc             Disk      AWC drivers storage
       apps            Disk      Application Files
       ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (ROI Fileserver)
Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2]

       Server               Comment
       ---------            -------
       MYSERVER             My Fileserver
-------------------------------

So I have set the "Server string" to "My Fileserver", which
shows up
correctly in the comment.

I want to change the Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2] being announced to 
something else.  I would like Server=[DataServer] as I do not want the 
server annoucing to the world it is running samba.  How would I do this?

I want to do this as when you browse shares in Windows XP its plunks 
"Samba 3.0.14a-2" into the task bar.

Thanks in advance.

--- Charles

On 23 Jun 2005, at 13:13, Geoff Scott wrote:
> # smbd -V
>
> I see this:
> Version 3.0.14a-Debian
>
> but my window titles are showing the old 3.0.7 version.  Humph  
> Weird........
Did you restart the Windows machine in the meantime? I've had  
continuing problems with Windows (post Windows 98) machines that like  
to keep connections open - I don't know why.

Stop the samba service and check smbstatus - you'll find one or two  
connections still open. Turn off your PC and you should see the  
connection has disappeared (smbstatus will be at least one process  
smaller). Then start the Samba service and see what happens. From the  
screenshot, it appears that you're composing the email at the same  
time that you're changing the server config - which means that your  
operating system certainly hasn't released that connection.

One of the Samba team can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the  
impression that once a connection is opened, the smbd process serving  
that connection will continue to use the parameters that it read when  
it started. Other smbd processes will read the config file as they're  
started, meaning everyone else will see different "server" and  
"comment" strings if your operating system doesn't close the
connection.

You might also find that the startup scripts are dealing with a  
different set of binaries, or at least using /etc/smb.conf vs /etc/ 
samba/smb.conf. It's worth checking out, especially if you're doing a  
cross-distribution upgrade. As an aside, this is one reason I prefer  
to reinstall rather than upgrade when it comes to changing  
distributions.

HTH
Alex