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author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 2002-07-15 10:35:28 +0000 |
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committer | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 2002-07-15 10:35:28 +0000 |
commit | e90b65284812aaa5ff9e9935ce9bbad7791cbbcd (patch) | |
tree | 9e744d1dc2f93934a4b49166a37383d3cb2b2139 /docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt | |
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updated the 3.0 branch from the head branch - ready for alpha18
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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt index ad12d4c722..2ca41e5624 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt @@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ Summary: This describes how to configure Samba for improved browsing. OVERVIEW: ========= + SMB networking provides a mechanism by which clients can access a list -of machines that are available within the network. This list is called -the browse list and is heavily used by all SMB clients. Configuration -of SMB browsing has been problematic for some Samba users, hence this +of machines in a network, a so-called "browse list". This list +contains machines that are ready to offer file and/or print services +to other machines within the network. Thus it does not include +machines which aren't currently able to do server tasks. The browse +list is heavily used by all SMB clients. Configuration of SMB +browsing has been problematic for some Samba users, hence this document. Browsing will NOT work if name resolution from NetBIOS names to IP @@ -59,9 +63,10 @@ browsing on another subnet. It is recommended that this option is only used for 'unusual' purposes: announcements over the internet, for example. See "remote announce" in the smb.conf man page. -If something doesn't work then hopefully the log.nmb file will -help you track down the problem. Try a debug level of 2 or 3 for -finding problems. +If something doesn't work then hopefully the log.nmb file will help +you track down the problem. Try a debug level of 2 or 3 for finding +problems. Also note that the current browse list usually gets stored +in text form in a file called browse.dat. Note that if it doesn't work for you, then you should still be able to type the server name as \\SERVER in filemanager then hit enter and |