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The hostname of my server is slightly unfriendly (let's say b4dn4me). I want my users to be able to access the server under a nicer name (let's say bonnie).

Samba is installed just to be able to respond to windows netbios name queries (just need nmbd), not to run a windows fileshare.

In the smb.conf file you can add a line:

netbios aliases = bonnie <alias2>

I had the idea that since we can specify a netbios name, I could use that as an 'alias' instead

netbios name = bonnie

Neither of the above work, though I can connect to b4dn4me with no problem.

I tried enabling/disabling the lines wins support and wins server

I don't want anything fancy, like binding to different interfaces (eth0:1 eth0:2) or different configs depending on what name was used to access the server. All the material I found on the interwebs regarding this so far, have this type of complicated set-up.

All I want the server to respond to bonnie as well as b4dn4me.

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It should work with just your first config i.e. netbios aliases = alias1, alias2, ...
In my experience at least... After rebooting your server you should see the aliases pop up in the network..

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