Re: SAMBA help.
It sounds as though you have some confusion about the differences between the smb networking protocol, which SAMBA and windows file and print sharing use, and the tcp/ip network protocol with BIND, which Linux and Windows TCP/IP use.
This confusion no doubt is due to the fact that Microsoft decided to call an smb scope a "domain", when "domain" had been used for more than ten years prior to the release of Windows NT to describe a TCP/IP/BIND scope.
These two things are different.
your "internet" (BIND) domain will look somethnig like "name.foo," whereas your "NT" domain will look something like "NAME" (case insensitive).
To understand this difference, take a closer look at your win9x network control panel. In the TCP/IP properties, on the DNS tab, you will find boxes for your hostname and domain name. These correspond to the hostname and network name that any Linux distribution will prompt you for when you install. In the Client for Microsoft Networking properties, there is a box for a Windows NT domain. This corresponds to the "domain" in the various SAMBA config files. There is also a "workgroup" box on the "identity" tab in the Windows network control panel. This should match the Windows NT domain mentioned above.
This is all explained in much more detail in the SAMBA documentation.
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