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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:45:43 -0500
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+<samba:parameter name="dns proxy"
+ context="G"
+ type="boolean"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<description>
+ <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>
+</description>
+
+<related>wins support</related>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
+</samba:parameter>