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

> It would be much nicer to see:
> "Office on 'DataServer (roipdc)' (G:)"
> 
> Heck I could even live with:
> "Office on 'Samba (roipdc)' (G:)"
> I personally do not see the need for end users to have the version
> number announced to them to be honest. 
> 
> I was hoping there was a simple not well documented setting in
> smb.conf that would be able to do this.  If not, I would personally
> like to have that ability added.  
> 
> Anyone else care to comment or have any ideas?
> 
> Gerry, thanks for the suggestion - I'll likely play around with it on
> a non-production test machine sometime soon.  But I am always
> hesitant to deploy a non-standard hack like this into a production
> machine.   
> 
> Cheers.
Perhaps the dev people are justifiably proud of what they have created.  So
they want everyone to know what is running on the server.  But I agree with
the original poster that it is annoying having to explain to my users what
Samba is, what it does etc  Currently they look at me blankly when I say
things like "have you mapped the network drive"  (just to give you an
idea
of my user populations IT knowledge!)


Regards Geoff Scott

>> It would be much nicer to see:
>> "Office on 'DataServer (roipdc)' (G:)"
>>
>> Heck I could even live with:
>> "Office on 'Samba (roipdc)' (G:)"
>> I personally do not see the need for end users to have the version
>> number announced to them to be honest.
>>
>> I was hoping there was a simple not well documented setting in
>> smb.conf that would be able to do this.  If not, I would personally
>> like to have that ability added.
>>
>> Anyone else care to comment or have any ideas?
>>
>> Gerry, thanks for the suggestion - I'll likely play around with it
on
>> a non-production test machine sometime soon.  But I am always
>> hesitant to deploy a non-standard hack like this into a production
>> machine.
>>
>> Cheers.
>
> Perhaps the dev people are justifiably proud of what they have created.  So
> they want everyone to know what is running on the server.  But I agree with
> the original poster that it is annoying having to explain to my users what
> Samba is, what it does etc  Currently they look at me blankly when I say
> things like "have you mapped the network drive"  (just to give
you an idea
> of my user populations IT knowledge!)
it's rather weird situation in my opinion.

samba is completely free software, if You don't pay money for it, why 
developers should be responsible for not guessing your thoughts ? You are 
free to choose between reading documentation (and changing "comment="
to
whatever You want to) and choosing paid software with paid support, so 
other people will read documentation and do what You want them to do.

Your way of asking is very strange, sure.
>
>
> Regards Geoff Scott
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On Wednesday 22 June 2005 22:53, Geoff Scott wrote:
> > It would be much nicer to see:
> > "Office on 'DataServer (roipdc)' (G:)"
> >
> > Heck I could even live with:
> > "Office on 'Samba (roipdc)' (G:)"
> > I personally do not see the need for end users to have the version
> > number announced to them to be honest.
> >
> > I was hoping there was a simple not well documented setting in
> > smb.conf that would be able to do this.  If not, I would personally
> > like to have that ability added.
> >
> > Anyone else care to comment or have any ideas?
> >
> > Gerry, thanks for the suggestion - I'll likely play around with it
on
> > a non-production test machine sometime soon.  But I am always
> > hesitant to deploy a non-standard hack like this into a production
> > machine.
> >
> > Cheers.
>
> Perhaps the dev people are justifiably proud of what they have created.  So
> they want everyone to know what is running on the server.  But I agree with
> the original poster that it is annoying having to explain to my users what
> Samba is, what it does etc  Currently they look at me blankly when I say
> things like "have you mapped the network drive"  (just to give
you an idea
> of my user populations IT knowledge!)

In your smb.conf [global] set:

	server string = MADMAX

That will stop display of the samba version info. You will have to clear the 
connection history from ALL Windows clients - they remember the old server 
string and do not refresh it.

- John T.

John H Terpstra wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 June 2005 22:53, Geoff Scott wrote:
>> populations IT knowledge!)
> 
> 
> In your smb.conf [global] set:
> 
> 	server string = MADMAX
> 
> That will stop display of the samba version info. You will have to
> clear the connection history from ALL Windows clients - they remember
> the old server string and do not refresh it.  
> 
> - John T.
Yep, I had a server string in there for a week already.  And did a reload,
but nothing changed.  It's been showing "Samba 3.0.7" in the
window title
bars for ages even though I've been on 3.0.14a for a while.

So do I completely restart all smbd processes, or do I have to restart every
windows box before the server string (windows title bar) changes?



Regards Geoff Scott

On 23 Jun 2005, at 16:12, Geoff Scott wrote:
> So do I completely restart all smbd processes, or do I have to  
> restart every
> windows box before the server string (windows title bar) changes?
Yes and yes.