samba - Dec 2003 - can't connect to shares from win systems

popup message says" \\localhost is not available. " then goes on to
say "you were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the
network"
 
When checking the network neighborhood from my winXP boxes, the linux box shows
as "localhost" in the computer name field.  The redhat 9 GUI Samba
configuration does not have a variable field for computer name, nor do I find
one when manually reviewing the .conf file.
 
I also tried editing the etc\hosts file on the XP box to associate a name other
than "localhost" with the linux boxes IP address and still get the
error.  Is this an issue with the computer name and if so, where do I name the
linux box?


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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Ted Calouri wrote:
> popup message says" \\localhost is not available. " then goes on
to say
> "you were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the
network"
>  When checking the network neighborhood from my winXP boxes, the linux
> box shows as "localhost" in the computer name field.  The redhat
9 GUI
> Samba configuration does not have a variable field for computer name,
> nor do I find one when manually reviewing the .conf file.
>  I also tried editing the etc\hosts file on the XP box to associate a
> name other than "localhost" with the linux boxes IP address and
still
> get the error.  Is this an issue with the computer name and if so, where
> do I name the linux box?
You need to edit /etc/hosts, and set the hostname using the system tool.

If you get stuck, the hostname is stored in /etc/sysconfig/network

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org