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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
-<refentry id="nmbd.8">
+<refentry id="nmbd">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>This program is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+ <para>This program is part of the Samba suite.</para>
<para><command>nmbd</command> is a server that understands
and can reply to NetBIOS over IP name service requests, like
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@
option (see OPTIONS below). Thus <command>nmbd</command> will
reply to broadcast queries for its own name(s). Additional
names for <command>nmbd</command> to respond on can be set
- via parameters in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> configuration file.</para>
+ via parameters in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>
+ smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> configuration file.</para>
<para><command>nmbd</command> can also be used as a WINS
(Windows Internet Name Server) server. What this basically means
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@
server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the
command line. <command>nmbd</command> also logs to standard
- output, as if the <constant>-S</constant> parameter had been
+ output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been
given. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -148,10 +147,10 @@
<listitem><para>NetBIOS lmhosts file. The lmhosts
file is a list of NetBIOS names to IP addresses that
is loaded by the nmbd server and used via the name
- resolution mechanism <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><parameter>name resolve
- order</parameter></ulink> described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> to resolve any
- NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
+ resolution mechanism <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder">
+ name resolve order</ulink> described in <ulink
+ url="smb.conf.5.html"> <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink>
+ to resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
that the contents of this file are <emphasis>NOT</emphasis>
used by <command>nmbd</command> to answer any name queries.
Adding a line to this file affects name NetBIOS resolution
@@ -161,8 +160,9 @@
Samba as part of the build process. Common defaults
are <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts</filename>,
<filename>/usr/samba/lib/lmhosts</filename> or
- <filename>/etc/samba/lmhosts</filename>. See the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>lmhosts</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page for details on the contents of this file.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>/etc/lmhosts</filename>. See the
+ <ulink url="lmhosts.5.html"><filename>lmhosts(5)</filename></ulink>
+ man page for details on the contents of this file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
cryptic.</para>
<para>Note that specifying this parameter here will override
- the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel"><parameter>log level</parameter></ulink>
- parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file.</para></listitem>
+ the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel">log level</ulink>
+ parameter in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>
+ smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -216,12 +216,11 @@
<term>-n &lt;primary NetBIOS name&gt;</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to override
the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical
- to setting the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"><parameter>NetBIOS
- name</parameter></ulink> parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file. However, a command
+ to setting the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname">
+ NetBIOS name</ulink> parameter in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">
+ <filename>smb.conf</filename></ulink> file. However, a command
line setting will take precedence over settings in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>smb.conf</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -242,8 +241,8 @@
this may be changed when Samba is autoconfigured.</para>
<para>The file specified contains the configuration details
- required by the server. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.
+ required by the server. See <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">
+ <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> for more information.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@
<command>inetd</command> meta-daemon, this file
must contain suitable startup information for the
meta-daemon. See the <ulink
- url="install.html">install</ulink> document
+ url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink> document
for details.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@
<para>If running the server as a daemon at startup,
this file will need to contain an appropriate startup
sequence for the server. See the <ulink
- url="install.html">"How to Install and Test SAMBA"</ulink> document
+ url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink> document
for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -282,23 +281,21 @@
meta-daemon <command>inetd</command>, this file
must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., netbios-ssn)
to service port (e.g., 139) and protocol type (e.g., tcp).
- See the <ulink url="install.html">"How to Install and Test SAMBA"</ulink>
+ See the <ulink url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink>
document for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>This is the default location of
- the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> server
- configuration file. Other common places that systems
+ <listitem><para>This is the default location of the
+ <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf</filename></ulink>
+ server configuration file. Other common places that systems
install this file are <filename>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename>
- and <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>.</para>
+ and <filename>/etc/smb.conf</filename>.</para>
<para>When run as a WINS server (see the
- <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINSSUPPORT"><constant>wins support</constant></ulink>
- parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page),
+ <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#WINSSUPPORT">wins support</ulink>
+ parameter in the <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename> man page),
<command>nmbd</command>
will store the WINS database in the file <filename>wins.dat</filename>
in the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory configured under
@@ -306,9 +303,9 @@
<para>If <command>nmbd</command> is acting as a <emphasis>
browse master</emphasis> (see the <ulink
- url="smb.conf.5.html#LOCALMASTER"><constant>local master</constant></ulink>
- parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page, <command>nmbd</command>
+ url="smb.conf.5.html#LOCALMASTER">local master</ulink>
+ parameter in the <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename> man page,
+ <command>nmbd</command>
will store the browsing database in the file <filename>browse.dat
</filename> in the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory
configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.
@@ -334,11 +331,10 @@
cause <command>nmbd</command> to dump out its server database in
the <filename>log.nmb</filename> file.</para>
- <para>The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered
- using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> (SIGUSR[1|2] signals
- are no longer used since Samba 2.2). This is to allow
- transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
+ <para>The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered using
+ <ulink url="smbcontrol.1.html"><command>smbcontrol(1)</command>
+ </ulink> (SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer used in Samba 2.2). This is
+ to allow transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
at a normally low log level.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -352,15 +348,14 @@
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the Internet
- RFC's <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename>, <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>.
+ <para><command>inetd(8)</command>, <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf(5)</filename>
+ </ulink>, <ulink url="smbclient.1.html"><command>smbclient(1)
+ </command></ulink>, <ulink url="testparm.1.html"><command>
+ testparm(1)</command></ulink>, <ulink url="testprns.1.html">
+ <command>testprns(1)</command></ulink>, and the Internet RFC's
+ <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename>, <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>.
In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available
as a link from the Web page <ulink url="http://samba.org/cifs/">
http://samba.org/cifs/</ulink>.</para>
@@ -376,11 +371,11 @@
<para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
- excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
+ excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
- Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook
- XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>