Why am I seeing this

Snowhog

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Why am I seeing this

May 28, 2025, 10:32 PM

The screenshot is taken on my Linux Desktop PC running 24.04 LTS. My hostname is DesktopPC (/etc/hostname and /etc/hosts).

Why is my Desktop PC being identified under Shared Folders? On my laptop, running 25.05, only my Desktop PC and my iMac are identified. The laptop is not.

And why is my Desktop PC identified in all uppercase, when in both files, it is DesktopPC.

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claydoh

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May 28, 2025, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Snowhog View Post

Why is my Desktop PC being identified under Shared Folders?

Because it is being shared? Or samba server has been at least installed? I *think* Ubuntu sets up at least print sharing ootb, if not more. When I used to use Samba, the local machine always showed up in the network section.
The all caps may be from the different ways SMB is implemented on the different platforms, maybe? It is case-agnostic by default, like Windows is, iirc

Actually look up "NAME MANGLING" in the samba docs, there is a config option for this, but no idea if it affects the samba share name.
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