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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml index c029dcd181..777fc2268e 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ <listitem> <para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine what naming services to use and in what order - to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space + to resolve host names to IP addresses. Its main purpose to is to + control how netbios name resolution is performed. The option takes a space separated string of name resolution options.</para> <para>The options are: "lmhosts", "host", @@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ <listitem> <para><constant>lmhosts</constant> : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has - no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <ulink url="lmhosts.5.html">lmhosts(5)</ulink> for details) then + no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <ulink + url="lmhosts.5.html">lmhosts(5)</ulink> for details) then any name type matches for lookup.</para> </listitem> @@ -26,9 +28,10 @@ </filename>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is operating system depended for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> - file. Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name - type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise - it is ignored.</para> + file. Note that this method is used only if the NetBIOS name + type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type or 0x1c (domain controllers). + The latter case is only useful for active directory domains and results in a DNS + query for the SRV RR entry matching _ldap._tcp.domain.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ it is advised to use following settings for <parameter moreinfo="none">name resolve order</parameter>:</para> <para><command moreinfo="none">name resolve order = wins bcast</command></para> + + <para>DC lookups will still be done via DNS, but fallbacks to netbios names will + not inundate your DNS servers with needless querys for DOMAIN<0x1c> lookups.</para> </listitem> </samba:parameter> |