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This is a strange problem, which I never used to have. Samba was
working fine for me until I changed the hostname of my Linux computer.
I changed all the configuration files on both Linux and Windows, so
the old hostname is definitely not lurking anywhere.
Now when I boot up Windows and I'm physically connected to the network
with the Samba server, the Event Viewer says that the Workstation
service could not be started because "JMM is not a valid computer
name" (JMM is my Windows computer). Then there are a whole bunch of
other networking errors due to other services that depend on
Workstation. Then I get "The Workstation service terminated with the
following error: A duplicate name exists on the network." A duplicate
name does not exist on the network.
I have followed all the steps that MS suggest in response to these
errors, and the troubleshooting steps in the Samba documentation, but
to no avail. I am sure that the problem is due to Samba, because when
I connect the same computer to another network (or disconnect it from
any network) I do not get the same errors.
I can solve the problem by telnetting to the Samba server, STOPPING
samba, STARTING the Workstation service on NT, then STARTING samba
again. Everything works perfectly after I do that. It is a pain,
however to have to do this every time.
Does anyone have any ideas? If you need more information (version
numbers etc.) please let me know, although I stress again that
everything was working perfectly until I changed the hostname of my
Linux box.
Thanks.
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