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how do you change workgroup in samba from MSHOME ?

Asked by IceTheNet

I am trying to change the work group in samba I opened the configuration and changed the workgroup in the samba smb4k configuration but it didn't change the work group on the main viewer. what could be wrong or where could I make the changes manually thanks for your help

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Carlos F. (topopardo-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Go to System -> Administration -> Shared folders

In the "General properties" tab you can change the workgroup

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IceTheNet (icethenet) said : 		#2

ooop's I am sorry I forgot to mention I am using KDE will I have to go to gnome to fix?

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Best debianmigrant (debianmigrant) said : 		#3

In the terminal type:

sudo kate /etc/samba/smb.conf

Edit the workgroup section as required, then in terminal type:

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

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IceTheNet (icethenet) said : 		#4

ok I don't know if you know what this could be after thorough checking I couldn't find the solution:
SAMBA Network once switched from MSHOME to my network IE: NETWORK as a Network Name Disappears from
the samba interface and windows can no longer detect the samba network because it has disappeared I imagine from the
samba client:
Plus thanks for the other comments helped immensely: although I am a noob so I went through the gui and edited as admin
but it did the trick. sudo kate command produced many errors for me but I figure because I chose a superuser terminal I figured out later that sudo doesn't work in superuser terminal. but thanks just though I would share with other noob's reading.

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IceTheNet (icethenet) said : 		#5

Thanks debianmigrant, that solved my question.