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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-05-20 22:23:20 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:46:37 -0500
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Fixup based on info from Derrell.
(This used to be commit 9ea9203ae67aa6b8c822c764d9a729d2ac40827d)
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diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml b/docs/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml
index ed72f30515..e55fd71b33 100644
--- a/docs/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml
+++ b/docs/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
<para>
<command>libsmbclient</command> is a library toolset that permits applications
- to benefit from code that is used in the <command>smbclient</command> utility,
- so that the resulting application will be able to browse CIFS/SMB network resources.
+ to browse CIFS/SMB network resources.
</para>
<para>
@@ -62,14 +61,14 @@
<para>
The method of locating the list of workgroups (domains also) varies depending on the setting of
- the context variable <literal>(context-&gt;options.browse_max_lmb_count)</literal> within the
- library source code. This is a compile-time option. This value determines the maximum number of
- local master browsers to query for the list of workgroups. In order to ensure that the list is
- complete for those present on the network, all master browsers must be querried. If there are a
- large number of workgroups on the network, the time spent querying will be significant. For small
- networks (just a few workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient
- to query all local master browsers. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable
- setting may be around 3.
+ the context variable <literal>(context-&gt;options.browse_max_lmb_count)</literal>. It is the
+ responsibility of the application that calls this library to set this to a sensible value. This
+ is a compile-time option. This value determines the maximum number of local master browsers to
+ query for the list of workgroups. In order to ensure that the list is complete for those present
+ on the network, all master browsers must be querried. If there are a large number of workgroups
+ on the network, the time spent querying will be significant. For small networks (just a few
+ workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient to query all local
+ master browsers. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>