** Description changed: I have an Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG notebook running Natty. When installing Natty the installer wizard proposed the hostname "johan- aspire-3820" (17 characters). This made it impossible for me to share files over the network using a machine running OSX on the other end. Changing the hostname to a shorter (4 characters in my case) made file sharing work again after rebooting. I have been using the sharing option through right-clicking in nautilus and would like to see the following changes: - 1. A limit of X (depending on samba?) characters for hostname when performing a fresh install. If the user wants a longer one this could be done using some override setting option. - 2. Also, when trying to share files through nautilus, check to see if the hostname does fit withing the limit X or else give the user an option to change this. + 1. A limit of x (depending on samba?) characters for hostname when performing a fresh install. If the user wants a longer one this could be done using some override setting option. + 2. Also, when trying to share files through nautilus, check to see if the hostname does fit withing the limit x or else give the user an option to change this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 3.1.23.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 14 17:12:56 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110119) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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