I'm moving this to Samba, after conferring with Steve Langasek. The samba package should detect the case where the hostname is longer than the limit set by NetBIOS and truncate it for its own configuration.
** Also affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735072 Title: The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to work correctly. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs