This tutorial will show you how to quickly change or set Samba workgroup name in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. If you want to enable proper file sharing with Windows or other systems, then you must change Samba workgroup name in Ubuntu to match what is configured on the other systems. This tutorial will show you how to do it.

Getting Started:

To get started, press Alt-F2 on your keyboard, then type the command below and click Run:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Then look for the line in the file that looks like this:

workgroup = WORKGROUP

To set or change the workgroup name, change ‘WORGROUP’ to whatever you like and save the file.

That’s all to it.

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