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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/nmbd.8.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/nmbd.8.sgml index f2b4ac5a05..db920c79a1 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/nmbd.8.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/nmbd.8.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ -<!ENTITY % globalentities SYSTEM '../global.ent'> %globalentities; -]> -<refentry id="nmbd.8"> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> +<refentry id="nmbd"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle> @@ -37,8 +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 @@ -60,8 +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 @@ -114,27 +111,46 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>-a</term> + <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified, each new + connection will append log messages to the log file. + This is the default.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>-i</term> <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the 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> - &stdarg.help; + <varlistentry> + <term>-o</term> + <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified, the + log files will be overwritten when opened. By default, + <command>smbd</command> will append entries to the log + files.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-h</term> + <listitem><para>Prints the help information (usage) + for <command>nmbd</command>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>-H <filename></term> <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 @@ -144,13 +160,71 @@ 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> - &popt.common.samba; + <varlistentry> + <term>-V</term> + <listitem><para>Prints the version number for + <command>nmbd</command>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-d <debug level></term> + <listitem><para>debuglevel is an integer + from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is + not specified is zero.</para> + + <para>The higher this value, the more detail will + be logged to the log files about the activities of the + server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious + warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for + day to day running - it generates a small amount of + information about operations carried out.</para> + + <para>Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts + of log data, and should only be used when investigating + a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers + and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely + cryptic.</para> + + <para>Note that specifying this parameter here will override + 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> + <term>-l <log directory></term> + <listitem><para>The -l parameter specifies a directory + into which the "log.nmbd" log file will be created + for operational data from the running <command>nmbd</command> + server. The default log directory is compiled into Samba + as part of the build process. Common defaults are <filename> + /usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb</filename>, <filename> + /usr/samba/var/log.nmb</filename> or + <filename>/var/log/log.nmb</filename>. <emphasis>Beware:</emphasis> + If the directory specified does not exist, <command>nmbd</command> + will log to the default debug log location defined at compile time. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-n <primary NetBIOS name></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"> + 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 + <filename>smb.conf</filename>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> <term>-p <UDP port number></term> <listitem><para>UDP port number is a positive integer value. This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137) @@ -159,6 +233,18 @@ won't need help!</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>-s <configuration file></term> + <listitem><para>The default configuration file name + is set at build time, typically as <filename> + /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename>, but + this may be changed when Samba is autoconfigured.</para> + + <para>The file specified contains the configuration details + required by the server. See <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"> + <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> for more information. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> @@ -172,7 +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> @@ -185,7 +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> @@ -195,23 +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 @@ -219,9 +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. @@ -247,11 +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> @@ -265,15 +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> @@ -289,11 +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> |