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authorAndrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>1999-12-13 13:27:58 +0000
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ nmblookup \- NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names
.PP
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
-\fBnmblookup\fP [-M] [-R] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B broadcast address] [-U unicast address] [-d debuglevel] [-s smb config file] [-i NetBIOS scope] name
+\fBnmblookup\fP [-M] [-R] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B broadcast address] [-U unicast address] [-d debuglevel] [-s smb config file] [-i NetBIOS scope] [-T] name
.PP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ or to a particular machine\&. All queries are done over UDP\&.
.PP
.IP
.IP "\fB-M\fP"
-Searches for a master browser\&. This is done by doing a
-broadcast lookup on the special name \f(CW__MSBROWSE__\fP\&.
+Searches for a master browser by looking up the
+NetBIOS name \fBname\fP with a type of 0x1d\&. If \fBname\fP
+is \f(CW"-"\fP then it does a lookup on the special name \f(CW__MSBROWSE__\fP\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-R\fP"
Set the recursion desired bit in the packet to do a
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ Print a help (usage) message\&.
.IP "\fB-B broadcast address\fP"
Send the query to the given broadcast
address\&. Without this option the default behavior of nmblookup is to
-send the query to the broadcast address of the primary network
-interface as either auto-detected or defined in the
+send the query to the broadcast address of the network
+interfaces as either auto-detected or defined in the
\fBinterfaces\fP parameter of the
\fBsmb\&.conf (5)\fP file\&.
.IP
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ are \fIvery\fP rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you
communicate with\&.
.IP
+.IP "\fB-T\fP"
+This causes any IP addresses found in the lookup to be
+looked up via a reverse DNS lookup into a DNS name, and printed out
+before each \f(CW"IP address NetBIOS name"\fP pair that is the normal
+output\&.
+.IP
.IP "\fBname\fP"
This is the NetBIOS name being queried\&. Depending upon
the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address\&. If a