[ solved ] [CuBox and CuBox i]How To change workgroup name?

[togathMember]

Hello,

as well as on the armada and on the imx Box I cannot change the workgroup name. When I broswe the workgroup via SMB it always shows two workgroups. One is called “workgroup” in which are the CuBoxes and the second one hosts my other Linux and Windows clints.

So the change of the workgroup name in the GUI does not have any effect on the settings.
Probably it needs to be changed in smb.conf [and guisettings.xml].

[tomlohaveModerator]

You can try to dit /etc/smb.conf

It should behave like this

global]
  server string = OpenBricks(%i)
  security = share
  guest account = root
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072
  wins support = no
  syslog only = yes
  netbios name = openbricks
  workgroup = WORKGROUP
.......

Change workgroup value to whatever you want
Don’t forget to restart samba server
I think the gui settings under xbmc is only for the remote search, not to set local workgroup

[togathMember]

Hi Tom,

yes, I modified both files, without any effect. Even restarted the whole system.
Both my CuBoxes are still in their “workgroup”.

It’s not an issue for me. It’s just not nice of the boxes to behave like this

[tomlohaveModerator]

Just tested it and it seems to work
I have workgroup set to TEST
and I can see it under network share under this name
anyway to access real share , I need to use ip address

[togathMember]

Grmpf! You are right! My mistake. I edited the wrong smb.conf!
thanks for verification!

Cheers!

[tomlohaveModerator]

ok, no pb
closing :p

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