[ubuntu] Network name

[Himself2007]

Hello


About my network.
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and found that other Windows XP computers on my network are accessible from Ubuntu.
Good!
I installed Samba, and configured a new user.
But Samba is not included in my present Windows network but created its own network called "workgroup" in Ubuntu.
But I confirmed I can use any Windows computers to access this "workgroup" network in Ubuntu.
So right now, I'm perfectl bi-directional but using two different network names.
Question : how can I unify these two networks together?
I would like to include Ubuntu's "workgroup" network into my present network so I can deal with only one network name.

Himself2007

[Iowan]

Edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. There is a line

workgroup=???

(I presume yours is "workgroup") change that to the name of your Windows workgroup...
Might need to use:

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

or

gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

BTW, from the Code of Conduct:

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[Himself2007]

iowan

Thanks for the good advices.
And sorry for the highlighting...I didn't know.
Thanks

Himself