Dmitry Katsubo
2018-Dec-21 10:31 UTC
[Samba] How to change the server info/version which Samba returns to the client?
Dear Samba team, I would like to change the server info string which Samba returns to the client. I tried to change the "server string" setting in /etc/samba/smb.conf: [global] server string = Master # testparm | grep "server string" server string = Master # /etc/init.d/samba restart but the server still returns the string "Samba 4.2.14-Debian": $ smbclient //localhost/home -U guest%guest -c ls Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.2.14-Debian] . D 0 Mon Dec 17 00:01:54 2018 .. D 0 Mon Jan 29 20:20:52 2018 It looks like "server string" setting has no effect or I am changing the wrong setting. Additional info: # dpkg -l | grep samba ii samba 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11 i386 SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix -- With best regards, Dmitry
Rowland Penny
2018-Dec-21 11:29 UTC
[Samba] How to change the server info/version which Samba returns to the client?
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:31:51 +0100 Dmitry Katsubo via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> Dear Samba team, > > I would like to change the server info string which Samba returns to > the client. > I tried to change the "server string" setting in /etc/samba/smb.conf: > > [global] > server string = Master > > # testparm | grep "server string" > server string = Master > > # /etc/init.d/samba restart > > but the server still returns the string "Samba 4.2.14-Debian": > > $ smbclient //localhost/home -U guest%guest -c ls > Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.2.14-Debian] > . D 0 Mon Dec 17 > 00:01:54 2018 > .. D 0 Mon Jan 29 > 20:20:52 2018 > > It looks like "server string" setting has no effect or I am changing > the wrong > setting.That's because you are mixing up 'Server' and 'server string' The 'Server' is the Samba version and 'server string' is something to identify the computer, see 'man smb.conf' for more details. Also, Samba 4.2.x is EOL, you should, if possible, upgrade. Rowland
Dmitry Katsubo
2018-Dec-26 15:40 UTC
[Samba] How to change the server info/version which Samba returns to the client?
On 2018-12-21 12:29, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:> That's because you are mixing up 'Server' and 'server string' > The 'Server' is the Samba version and 'server string' is something to > identify the computer, see 'man smb.conf' for more details.Thanks for this hint. I've tried to locate any other "server"-related option in man smb.conf, but I failed. Could you please tell the exact option which I should use? Many thanks in advance! -- With best regards, Dmitry
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