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Noob to networking. Can i belong to 2 workgroups using smb.conf?

Asked by Tom

Hi :)

Can i have 2 workgroups set in smb.conf? Normally when i click on
Places - Network - "Windows Network"(?!)

I can then see 2 workgroups "Ash" & "WorkGroup". One of my neighbours has just installed Ubuntu 10.04 but he is even more hopeless than me about poking around with networking configs so i want to keep using the "WorkGroup" (default i think?) but can we sort it to avoid having to click on the horrible "Windows Network". Would this allow us to do a little light file-browsing?

Ok, i can just about handle a command line and have already backed up smb.conf
Regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#1

Hi again. When i try to share a folder i get this error message

'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. The connection was refused. Maybe smbd is not running.

Regards from
Tom :)

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Esteban Carnevale (estebancarnevale) said : 		#2

Why is this related to gparted?

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

Ooops, i was answering a question about gparted and clicked the link at the bottom to ask a question of my own!

I have re-filed it now ("Edit Question" up at the top right of the thread) so everyone will be wondering why we are talking about gparted lol
Regards from
Tom :)

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

The system can only be part of one workgroup. The workgroup doesn't actually mean anything or restrict access. I think you are confusing this functionality with a domain. Systems can be part of multiple domains and domains can be trusted to each other so that their systems are allowed to talk to each other.

Worksgroups just make hunting down systems a bit faster but it can only be part of one. This is the same with any OS obeying defacto standards

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Hi :)

Thanks, at least i assume that's the right answer lol

Cheers & regards from
Tom :)