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By this I mean to not come up as (LINUX-PC) when a windows user opens network neighbourhood. Unplugging is not an option, as I am running a multiplayer server every now and then, which we connect to via IP address. Is there something in samba config etc that I can change to not advertise my linux pc while still having an IP address assigned?

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    Do you need Samba at all?
    – Danatela
    Apr 3, 2014 at 10:32
  • ok so you simply remove samba and install nfs support on windows ?
    – adexmont
    Apr 3, 2014 at 11:22
  • There no link between the fact that you have an IP address and that you run Samba. The purpose of Samba is to allow Linux to take part into Windows networks. Do you need to share files with Windows PC ? If no, remove Samba.
    – Benoit
    Apr 3, 2014 at 13:05
  • Can I disable samba without removing it?
    – Kyle
    Apr 4, 2014 at 13:20

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Yes you can disable samba without removing it

First stop samba

sudo service smbd stop

Stop NetBIOS

sudo service nmbd stop

then remove it from startup

sudo update-rc.d -f smbd remove
sudo update-rc.d -f nmbd remove

Service and config not removed from PC and you can start it when you need it with

sudo service smbd start
sudo service nmbd start
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