A "domain" is really just a workgroup with additional security features. Samba makes no differentiation between workgroups and domains in terms of the name; the difference between a workgroup and a domain (and whether a Samba installation appears as a workstation, a member server, or a domain controller) is determined by the security settings.

In any case, the "workgroup" parameter applies to BOTH workgroups and domains and is pretty much required. Be aware that this is the NetBIOS name of the workgroup/domain, not the FQDN. For example, if you are joining a Windows 2003 domain with a NetBIOS (aka "Pre-Windows 2000") domain of FLINTSTONE and an FQDN of flintstone.local, in your smb.conf you would put "workgroup = FLINTSTONE". Case shouldn't matter, but I always use all caps, as that is the standard which Microsoft uses.

--Jonathan Johnson

Chris Aitken wrote:

Hello,
For the workgroup name in smb.conf, we do not have workgroups, only a domain name.
How do I handle this.?

Use it anyhow.

We have a domain here (called SVS), but in the smb.conf:

Workgroup = SVS

HTH

Chris


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