Changing hostname doesn't quite change server, netbios name, etc. how to do and perm?

[Mark]

Howdy,

Obviously I'm new and have a hopefully quickly answered question. Couldn't find an answer by searching.

Via the GUI under global configuration, I changed the hostname to what I want it to be. Seems to work ok. However, I expected that same name to be the afpd.conf server name as well as the smbd.conf netbios name, etc.

If I edit any of the following files to update server/hostname, they get over written on reboot:
/etc/hosts
/usr/local/etc/afpd.conf
/usr/local/etc/smbd.conf

So, I seem to be missing the documentation, procedure, whatever for really changing server names and changes that survive reboots.

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Mark

 

[Durkatlon]

Yeah, those files are regenerated at each boot. But the name entered under Network>Global Configuration is the one they use. If you changed the name, then rebooted the machine, everything should have been switched over to the new name.

 

[Mark]

Not happening via the GUI then. Just tested a few times for different names, but no pickup for afpd.conf, etc. From a shell via ssh, I do see the output from `hostname` get updated, but a reboot offers no updates on names for the sharing services.

Currently running: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1 (FREENAS.amd64) #4: Sat Apr 30 10:39:46 PDT 2011

 

[Durkatlon]

Apologies. Upon looking again, the hostname reported by Samba, is configured as the "NetBIOS Name" from the CIFS configuration window. The AFP service configuration similarly has it's own "Server Name" field.

 

[Mark]

Thank you very much! Now that you mention the separate server configs, it makes all the sense. Just needed that nudge.

Much appreciated.

Mark

 

[PiercedJedi]

Thanks, this helped me correct my duplicate NetBIOS names issue