The
workgroup parameter sets the current workgroup where the Samba server will advertise itself. Clients that wish to access shares on the Samba server should be on the same NetBIOS workgroup. Remember that workgroups are really just NetBIOS group names, and must follow the standard NetBIOS naming conventions outlined in Chapter 1. For example:
[global]
workgroup = SIMPLE
The default option for this parameter is set at compile time. If the entry is not changed in the makefile, it will be
WORKGROUP. Because this tends to be the workgroup name of every unconfigured NetBIOS network, we recommend that you always set your workgroup name in the Samba configuration file.[]
