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author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1996-08-16 12:49:33 +0000 |
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committer | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1996-08-16 12:49:33 +0000 |
commit | 5232f8601acd794e5e70ae9eda85b4aa8b3d47a8 (patch) | |
tree | abed86cf0b2f021003358b7285ba2a8ee222d4cd /docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | |
parent | 8508c953b128a3aecf99cb003d7773a3d40be789 (diff) | |
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- document the "remote announce" option
- cleanup nmbd.8 quite a bit
(This used to be commit 525235135bdd6461b50ac2723f95f5a38686ecc2)
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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index 7f67ae4e12..1437777c65 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ read raw read size +remote announce + root root dir @@ -532,6 +534,8 @@ preserve case print command +printer driver + print ok printable @@ -2125,6 +2129,31 @@ pointless and will cause you to allocate memory unnecessarily. .B Example: read size = 8192 +.SS remote announce (G) + +This option allows you to setup nmbd to periodically announce itself +to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name. + +This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear in a remote +workgroup for which the normal browse propogation rules don't +work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you can send IP +packets to. + +For example: + + remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF + +the above line would cause nmbd to announce itself to the two given IP +addresses using the given workgroup names. If you leave out the +workgroup name then the one given in the "workgroup" option is used +instead. + +The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses +of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses of known +browse masters if your network config is that stable. + +This option replaces similar functionality from the nmbd lmhosts file. + .SS revalidate (S) This options controls whether Samba will allow a previously validated |