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| author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2003-04-01 19:48:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2003-04-01 19:48:15 +0000 |
| commit | 63c87884d494b22b6b7f055ed75dc259c2997e79 (patch) | |
| tree | f5c2c3294c3fbc95755f15be4a5f16428bdf362a /docs/docbook/smbdotconf | |
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- Update documentation of 'wins server' (add info about tags, namespaces)
(This used to be commit 1a3f8a5f8ad97b2d431b22fbda74cc3f2400e2f9)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml index 2a644d3f09..ebdb3016c7 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml @@ -8,14 +8,25 @@ <para>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a multi-subnetted network.</para> + <para>If you want to work in multiple namespaces, you can + give every wins server a 'tag'. For each tag, only one + (working) server will be queried for a name. The tag should be + seperated from the ip address by a colon. + </para> + <note><para>You need to set up Samba to point to a WINS server if you have multiple subnets and wish cross-subnet browsing to work correctly.</para></note> - <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">BROWSING</ulink> - in the docs/ directory of your Samba source distribution.</para> + <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">Browsing</ulink> in the samba howto collection.</para> + + <para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para> + <para>Example: <command>wins server = mary:192.9.200.1 fred:192.168.3.199 mary:192.168.2.61</command></para> + <para>For this example when querying a certain name, 192.19.200.1 will + be asked first and if that doesn't respond 192.168.2.61. If either + of those doesn't know the name 192.168.3.199 will be queried. + </para> - <para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para> - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">wins server = 192.9.200.1</command></para> + <para>Example: <command>wins server = 192.9.200.1 192.168.2.61</command></para> </listitem> </samba:parameter> |