[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?

[MadHat]

At 12:25 PM 1/24/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Okay I know what you mean. My friends did notice that too with their 
>windows boxes. Its a part of @home's security with piriting cable. You 
>need to generate a windows SMB network name and to do that you need to run 
>SAMBA. I am sure its included in RH7 but incase it is not go to samba.org 
>and look there for the tarball. 2.0.7 is the latest i believe. You will 
>need to configure samba to spit out your "computer name" to get an 
>address. Other than that I have not personally messed with it.

I run AT&T @home and have no such issues.  I do have to reset the cable 
modem when I change machines or NICs due to ARP retention, but nothing with 
the name.

I personally would not set up SAMBA on @home.  It is asking for trouble, 
security wise.


>--Original Message Below--
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>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:15:10 -0600
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>From: "Michael B. Lee" <admin at loopstart.com>
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
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>I just noticed something odd about AT&T's @home cable service. Unless it
>finds the Windows computer name they assign you, it won't work. (Network
>Neighborhood --> Identification --> Computer name).
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>So, if I'm going to run my LINUX box over the cable service, how do I
>replicate that computer name in LINUX? (Where do I configure it?). I'm
>using the Red Hat 7.0 distribution, if that makes any kind of difference.
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>Thanks.
>
>Michael
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