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authorAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000
committerAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000
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Add new framework for smb.conf(5). Please read README before trying to compile.
I will commit more meta-information updates during week-end. (This used to be commit 8d684dffab6a90b3d612a1aa2b2c457a2bc2e6ac)
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+<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+ <term><anchor id="DNSPROXY"/>dns proxy (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and
+ finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the
+ NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server
+ for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15
+ characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be
+ 15 characters, maximum.</para>
+
+ <para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
+ DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking
+ action.</para>
+
+ <para>See also the parameter <link linkend="WINSSUPPORT"><parameter moreinfo="none">
+ wins support</parameter></link>.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">dns proxy = yes</command></para></listitem>
+ </samba:parameter>