summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>1998-11-14 03:01:40 +0000
committerJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>1998-11-14 03:01:40 +0000
commit3bb3f2d0ce1165d0cac683f507d838d20c8c743b (patch)
treebfac9c45e1dbd88ae3e4d2f4da4db12e058ea587 /docs/manpages/nmblookup.1
parent2b67f7eba49e7d2eea7fc36861ed68acccf84076 (diff)
downloadsamba-3bb3f2d0ce1165d0cac683f507d838d20c8c743b.tar.gz
samba-3bb3f2d0ce1165d0cac683f507d838d20c8c743b.tar.bz2
samba-3bb3f2d0ce1165d0cac683f507d838d20c8c743b.zip
Update for 2.0beta1.
Jeremy. (This used to be commit 598d0255d40da29ebab3d1a3c9eb66ba654db7b5)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manpages/nmblookup.1')
-rw-r--r--docs/manpages/nmblookup.128
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1 b/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1
index 12367f9efd..90b1864409 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1
+++ b/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "nmblookup" "1" "23 Oct 1998" "Samba" "SAMBA"
+.TH "nmblookup " "1" "23 Oct 1998" "Samba" "SAMBA"
.PP
.SH "NAME"
nmblookup \- NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This program is part of the \fBSamba\fP suite\&.
.PP
\fBnmblookup\fP is used to query NetBIOS names and map them to IP
addresses in a network using NetBIOS over TCP/IP queries\&. The options
-allow the name queries to be directed at a particlar IP broadcast area
+allow the name queries to be directed at a particular IP broadcast area
or to a particular machine\&. All queries are done over UDP\&.
.PP
.SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ rfc1002 for details\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-S\fP"
Once the name query has returned an IP address then do a
-node status query as well\&.
+node status query as well\&. A node status query returns the NetBIOS names
+registered by a host\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-r\fP"
Try and bind to UDP port 137 to send and receive UDP
datagrams\&. The reason for this option is a bug in Windows 95 where it
ignores the source port of the requesting packet and only replies to
-UDP port 137\&. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privillage is
+UDP port 137\&. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privilage is
needed to bind to this port, and in addition, if the
\fBnmbd\fP daemon is running on this machine it also
binds to this port\&.
@@ -84,12 +85,12 @@ level\fP parameter in the \fBsmb\&.conf
.IP
.IP "\fB-s smb\&.conf\fP"
This parameter specifies the pathname to the
-Samba configuration file, smb\&.conf\&. This file controls all aspects of
-the Samba setup on the machine and smbclient also needs to read this
-file\&.
+Samba configuration file, \fBsmb\&.conf\fP\&.
+This file controls all aspects of
+the Samba setup on the machine\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-i scope\fP"
-This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will use
+This specifies a NetBIOS scope that \fBnmblookup\fP will use
to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names\&. For details on the
use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001\&.txt and rfc1002\&.txt\&. NetBIOS scopes
are \fIvery\fP rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
@@ -100,14 +101,15 @@ communicate with\&.
This is the NetBIOS name being queried\&. Depending upon
the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address\&. If a
NetBIOS name then the different name types may be specified by
-appending \f(CW#<type>\fP to the name\&.
+appending \f(CW#<type>\fP to the name\&. This name may also be \f(CW"*"\fP,
+which will return all registered names within a broadcast area\&.
.IP
.PP
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
-\fBnmblookup\fP can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way \&.B
-nslookup is used to query DNS servers)\&. To query a WINS server,
-nmblookup must be called like this:
+\fBnmblookup\fP can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way
+\fBnslookup\fP is used to query DNS servers)\&. To query a WINS server,
+\fBnmblookup\fP must be called like this:
.PP
\f(CWnmblookup -U server -R \'name\'\fP
.PP
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ This man page is correct for version 2\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
-Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@samba\&.anu\&.edu\&.au)\&. Samba is now developed
+Andrew Tridgell \fIsamba-bugs@samba\&.anu\&.edu\&.au\fP\&. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
Linux kernel is developed\&.
.PP