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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/Integrating-with-Windows.html b/docs/htmldocs/Integrating-with-Windows.html index 7c5fe31627..fd2bd7fdaf 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/Integrating-with-Windows.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/Integrating-with-Windows.html @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" > is one such file.</P ><P >When the IP address of the destination interface has been -determined a protocol called ARP/RARP isused to identify +determined a protocol called ARP/RARP is used to identify the MAC address of the target interface. ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol, and is a broadcast oriented method that uses UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to send a request to all @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ architecture of the MS Windows network. The term "workgroup" indicates that the primary nature of the network environment is that of a peer-to-peer design. In a WORKGROUP all machines are responsible for their own security, and generally such security is limited to use of -just a password (known as SHARE MORE security). In most situations +just a password (known as SHARE MODE security). In most situations with peer-to-peer networking the users who control their own machines will simply opt to have no security at all. It is possible to have USER MODE security in a WORKGROUP environment, thus requiring use @@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ NAME="AEN100" ></H2 ><P >All MS Windows machines employ an in memory buffer in which is -stored the NetBIOS names and their IP addresses for all external -machines that that the local machine has communicated with over the +stored the NetBIOS names and IP addresses for all external +machines that that machine has communicated with over the past 10-15 minutes. It is more efficient to obtain an IP address for a machine from the local cache than it is to go through all the configured name resolution mechanisms.</P @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ configured name resolution mechanisms.</P >If a machine whose name is in the local name cache has been shut down before the name had been expired and flushed from the cache, then an attempt to exchange a message with that machine will be subject -to time-out delays. ie: It's name is in the cache, so a name resolution +to time-out delays. i.e.: Its name is in the cache, so a name resolution lookup will succeed, but the machine can not respond. This can be frustrating for users - but it is a characteristic of the protocol.</P ><P @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ dependable browsing using Samba</A ></H1 ><P >As stated above, MS Windows machines register their NetBIOS names -(ie: the machine name for each service type in operation) on start +(i.e.: the machine name for each service type in operation) on start up. Also, as stated above, the exact method by which this name registration takes place is determined by whether or not the MS Windows client/server has been given a WINS server address, whether or not LMHOSTS lookup @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Instead, the domain master browser serves the role of contacting each local master browser (found by asking WINS or from LMHOSTS) and exchanging browse list contents. This way every master browser will eventually obtain a complete list of all machines that are on the network. Every 11-15 minutes an election -is held to determine which machine will be the master browser. By nature of +is held to determine which machine will be the master browser. By the nature of the election criteria used, the machine with the highest uptime, or the most senior protocol version, or other criteria, will win the election as domain master browser.</P @@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ these versions no longer support plain text passwords by default.</P ><P >MS Windows clients have a habit of dropping network mappings that have been idle for 10 minutes or longer. When the user attempts to -use the mapped drive connection that has been dropped the SMB protocol -has a mechanism by which the connection can be re-established using +use the mapped drive connection that has been dropped, the client +re-establishes the connection using a cached copy of the password.</P ><P >When Microsoft changed the default password mode, they dropped support for @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ NAME="AEN196" ></H2 ><P >This mode of authentication demands that there be on the -Unix/Linux system both a Unix style account as well as and +Unix/Linux system both a Unix style account as well as an smbpasswd entry for the user. The Unix system account can be locked if required as only the encrypted password will be used for SMB client authentication.</P |