Cannot change workgroup / domain name

[Andrew Barton]

I cannot set the work group for Ubuntu.

I have 2 XP and 2 Ubuntu computers. My home domain/workgroup is BARTONWEB.

I enter the computer name (laptop) into the "Host Name" field, and (BARTONWEB) into the "Domain Name" field.

I re-boot and the computer name is updated, but the Domain Name field is blank.

The XP computers can see the computer name change, but they see the Ubuntu computer as being in the WORKGROUP domain even though the domain name is blank.

Running 8.04 with latest updates as of today.

[Artem Popov (artfwo)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .