Andres Tarallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Holy Windows !!!!!, I never thought that this value was cached into the > registry. > > I solved it with your advice. Thanks god it's only as small pilot > installation of 20 clients, things are worst in deployment (more than > 400 clients) > > John H Terpstra wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 July 2006 13:54, Andres Tarallo wrote: > > > >> I'm using Samba 3.0.22, My samba server announces as "SAMBA > >> 3.0.22xxxxxx", so I added in the samba conf a line that says server > >> string = File Server. > >> > >> tesparm reports that everything is Ok, but I when I browae the shares > >> the old name still appears. Coukd it be hardwired? > >> > > > > No, it is NOT hard-wired - but your MS Windows clients have stored the > > original value in their registry. If you want to change what the client now > > thinks it is - go edit those registries! This is a great way to have fun > > with Windows. :-) (not!). > > > > - John T. > > Actually, you could have used a simple utility program like 'jv16' to accomplish the same feat. I remember seeing something in the MSKB about how to accomplish this also, but I do not remember exactly how it was proposed.
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