Hello,
I started a few weeks with Linux mint,
Everyting works fine and also the network works perfect for sharing with windows pc.

There is one thing i wonder
Hostname = pc-linux but the name shown in the network map is PCNAS.
This makes it a bit confusing that this is not the same name as pc-linux?
And how to change this?

Greetings, Marc.

How are you creating the network map?

Terminal Samba

Welcome to LinuxQuestions.

I assume what you mean by network map is what name is displayed in Windows file manager?
How did you configure this server and samba?

Check your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. You might have a setting like:
netbios name = PCNAS

My current understanding of how things work now days is that you need to install wsdd in order for Windows to automatically see a linux shared computer under network in Windows File manager. wsdd is the linux implementation of windows discovery which is the protocol now used to find other computers. It does not have a configuration file but does have a command line hostname setting. That requires you to change the wsdd service file.

Your DHCP client/server configuration might be setting the hostname. Are you using a DHCP reservation?

Hello Michaelk,
Thanks for your answer,
On both computers Windows 11 and Linux, the network folder is PCNAS

As I wrote previously
Hostname = pc-linux but the name shown in the network folder is PCNAS.

On linux pc
PCNAS property type: = application/ontet-stream

Gr Marc

Is this what you are seeing?

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Yes on my pc-linux



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Check your /etc/samba/smb.conf file and see if you have anything that looks like
netbios name = PCNAS

Have you made any changes to the smb.conf file? Have you installed any software for file sharing besides samba?

Thanks Michaelk,

I found and changed the biosname
Problem solved

Gr Marc

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