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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-11-08 06:32:40 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:47:11 -0500
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basic="1" advanced="1" developer="1"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>Tell <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to enable WAN-wide browse list
- collation. Setting this option causes <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to
- claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name that identifies
- it as a domain master browser for its given
- <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/>. Local master browsers
- in the same <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> on broadcast-isolated
- subnets will give this <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> their local browse lists,
- and then ask <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a complete copy of the browse
- list for the whole wide area network. Browser clients will then contact
- their local master browser, and will receive the domain-wide browse list,
- instead of just the list for their broadcast-isolated subnet.</para>
+ <para>
+ Tell <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to enable
+ WAN-wide browse list collation. Setting this option causes <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to claim a
+ special domain specific NetBIOS name that identifies it as a domain master browser for its given
+ <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/>. Local master browsers in the same <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> on
+ broadcast-isolated subnets will give this <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> their local browse lists,
+ and then ask <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a
+ complete copy of the browse list for the whole wide area network. Browser clients will then contact their
+ local master browser, and will receive the domain-wide browse list, instead of just the list for their
+ broadcast-isolated subnet.
+ </para>
- <para>Note that Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers expect to be
- able to claim this <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> specific special
- NetBIOS name that identifies them as domain master browsers for
- that <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> by default (i.e. there is no
- way to prevent a Windows NT PDC from attempting to do this). This
- means that if this parameter is set and <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> claims
- the special name for a <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> before a Windows
- NT PDC is able to do so then cross subnet browsing will behave
- strangely and may fail.</para>
+ <para>
+ Note that Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers expect to be able to claim this <smbconfoption
+ name="workgroup"/> specific special NetBIOS name that identifies them as domain master browsers for that
+ <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> by default (i.e. there is no way to prevent a Windows NT PDC from attempting
+ to do this). This means that if this parameter is set and <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> claims the
+ special name for a <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> before a Windows NT PDC is able to do so then cross
+ subnet browsing will behave strangely and may fail.
+ </para>
-<para>If <smbconfoption name="domain logons">yes</smbconfoption>
- , then the default behavior is to enable the <smbconfoption name="domain
- master"/> parameter. If <smbconfoption name="domain logons"/> is
- not enabled (the default setting), then neither will <smbconfoption name="domain master"/> be enabled by default.</para>
+ <para>
+ If <smbconfoption name="domain logons">yes</smbconfoption>, then the default behavior is to enable the
+ <smbconfoption name="domain master"/> parameter. If <smbconfoption name="domain logons"/> is not enabled (the
+ default setting), then neither will <smbconfoption name="domain master"/> be enabled by default.
+ </para>
</description>
<value type="default">auto</value>