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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/nmblookup.1.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/nmblookup.1.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67efac5634 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/nmblookup.1.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,249 @@ +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> +<refentry id="nmblookup"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>nmblookup</refname> + <refpurpose>NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS + names</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>nmblookup</command> + <arg choice="opt">-M</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-R</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-S</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-r</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-A</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-h</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-B <broadcast address></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-U <unicast address></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-d <debug level></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-s <smb config file></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-i <NetBIOS scope></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-T</arg> + <arg choice="req">name</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This tool is part of the <ulink url="samba.7.html"> + Samba</ulink> suite.</para> + + <para><command>nmblookup</command> is used to query NetBIOS names + and map them to IP addresses in a network using NetBIOS over TCP/IP + queries. The options allow the name queries to be directed at a + particular IP broadcast area or to a particular machine. All queries + are done over UDP.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>-M</term> + <listitem><para>Searches for a master browser by looking + up the NetBIOS name <replaceable>name</replaceable> with a + type of <constant>0x1d</constant>. If <replaceable> + name</replaceable> is "-" then it does a lookup on the special name + <constant>__MSBROWSE__</constant>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-R</term> + <listitem><para>Set the recursion desired bit in the packet + to do a recursive lookup. This is used when sending a name + query to a machine running a WINS server and the user wishes + to query the names in the WINS server. If this bit is unset + the normal (broadcast responding) NetBIOS processing code + on a machine is used instead. See rfc1001, rfc1002 for details. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-S</term> + <listitem><para>Once the name query has returned an IP + address then do a node status query as well. A node status + query returns the NetBIOS names registered by a host. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-r</term> + <listitem><para>Try and bind to UDP port 137 to send and receive UDP + datagrams. The reason for this option is a bug in Windows 95 + where it ignores the source port of the requesting packet + and only replies to UDP port 137. Unfortunately, on most UNIX + systems root privilege is needed to bind to this port, and + in addition, if the <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> + daemon is running on this machine it also binds to this port. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-A</term> + <listitem><para>Interpret <replaceable>name</replaceable> as + an IP Address and do a node status query on this address.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-h</term> + <listitem><para>Print a help (usage) message.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-B <broadcast address></term> + <listitem><para>Send the query to the given broadcast address. Without + this option the default behavior of nmblookup is to send the + query to the broadcast address of the network interfaces as + either auto-detected or defined in the <ulink + url="smb.conf.5.html#INTERFACES"><parameter>interfaces</parameter> + </ulink> parameter of the <filename>smb.conf (5)</filename> file. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-U <unicast address></term> + <listitem><para>Do a unicast query to the specified address or + host <replaceable>unicast address</replaceable>. This option + (along with the <parameter>-R</parameter> option) is needed to + query a WINS server.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-d <debuglevel></term> + <listitem><para>debuglevel is an integer from 0 to 10.</para> + + <para>The default value if this parameter is not specified + is zero.</para> + + <para>The higher this value, the more detail will be logged + about the activities of <command>nmblookup</command>. At level + 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged.</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 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"><parameter> + log level</parameter></ulink> parameter in the <filename> + smb.conf(5)</filename> file.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-s <smb.conf></term> + <listitem><para>This parameter specifies the pathname to + the Samba configuration file, <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"> + smb.conf(5)</ulink>. This file controls all aspects of + the Samba setup on the machine.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-i <scope></term> + <listitem><para>This specifies a NetBIOS scope that + <command>nmblookup</command> will use to communicate with when + generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS + scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are + <emphasis>very</emphasis> rarely used, only set this parameter + if you are the system administrator in charge of all the + NetBIOS systems you communicate with.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-T</term> + <listitem><para>This causes any IP addresses found in the + lookup to be looked up via a reverse DNS lookup into a + DNS name, and printed out before each</para> + + <para><emphasis>IP address .... NetBIOS name</emphasis></para> + + <para> pair that is the normal output.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>name</term> + <listitem><para>This is the NetBIOS name being queried. Depending + upon the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address. + If a NetBIOS name then the different name types may be specified + by appending '#<type>' to the name. This name may also be + '*', which will return all registered names within a broadcast + area.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>EXAMPLES</title> + + <para><command>nmblookup</command> can be used to query + a WINS server (in the same way <command>nslookup</command> is + used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server, + <command>nmblookup</command> must be called like this:</para> + + <para><command>nmblookup -U server -R 'name'</command></para> + + <para>For example, running :</para> + + <para><command>nmblookup -U samba.org -R 'IRIX#1B'</command></para> + + <para>would query the WINS server samba.org for the domain + master browser (1B name type) for the IRIX workgroup.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>VERSION</title> + + <para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of + the Samba suite.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para><ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>nmbd(8)</command></ulink>, + <ulink url="samba.7.html">samba(7)</ulink>, and <ulink + url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink> + </para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> + + <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/"> + 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</para> +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |