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-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
-<HTML
-><HEAD
-><TITLE
->nmbd</TITLE
-><META
-NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
-"></HEAD
-><BODY
-CLASS="REFENTRY"
-BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
-TEXT="#000000"
-LINK="#0000FF"
-VLINK="#840084"
-ALINK="#0000FF"
-><H1
-><A
-NAME="NMBD">nmbd</H1
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN5"
-></A
-><H2
->Name</H2
->nmbd&nbsp;--&nbsp;NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS
- over IP naming services to clients</DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN8"><H2
->Synopsis</H2
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> [-D] [-F] [-S] [-a] [-i] [-o] [-h] [-V] [-d &#60;debug level&#62;] [-H &#60;lmhosts file&#62;] [-l &#60;log directory&#62;] [-n &#60;primary netbios name&#62;] [-p &#60;port number&#62;] [-s &#60;configuration file&#62;]</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN25"
-></A
-><H2
->DESCRIPTION</H2
-><P
->This program is part of the Samba suite.</P
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> is a server that understands
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>nmbd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="nmbd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>nmbd &#8212; NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS
+ over IP naming services to clients</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">nmbd</tt> [-D] [-F] [-S] [-a] [-i] [-o] [-h] [-V] [-d &lt;debug level&gt;] [-H &lt;lmhosts file&gt;] [-l &lt;log directory&gt;] [-n &lt;primary netbios name&gt;] [-p &lt;port number&gt;] [-s &lt;configuration file&gt;]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This program is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p><b class="command">nmbd</b> is a server that understands
and can reply to NetBIOS over IP name service requests, like
those produced by SMB/CIFS clients such as Windows 95/98/ME,
Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients. It also
participates in the browsing protocols which make up the
- Windows "Network Neighborhood" view.</P
-><P
->SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to
+ Windows &quot;Network Neighborhood&quot; view.</p><p>SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to
locate an SMB/CIFS server. That is, they wish to know what
- IP number a specified host is using.</P
-><P
->Amongst other services, <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> will
+ IP number a specified host is using.</p><p>Amongst other services, <b class="command">nmbd</b> will
listen for such requests, and if its own NetBIOS name is
specified it will respond with the IP number of the host it
- is running on. Its "own NetBIOS name" is by
+ is running on. Its &quot;own NetBIOS name&quot; is by
default the primary DNS name of the host it is running on,
- but this can be overridden with the <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->-n</I
->
- option (see OPTIONS below). Thus <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> will
+ but this can be overridden with the <span class="emphasis"><em>-n</em></span>
+ option (see OPTIONS below). Thus <b class="command">nmbd</b> will
reply to broadcast queries for its own name(s). Additional
- names for <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> to respond on can be set
- via parameters in the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> smb.conf(5)</TT
-></A
-> configuration file.</P
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> can also be used as a WINS
+ names for <b class="command">nmbd</b> to respond on can be set
+ via parameters in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> configuration file.</p><p><b class="command">nmbd</b> can also be used as a WINS
(Windows Internet Name Server) server. What this basically means
is that it will act as a WINS database server, creating a
database from name registration requests that it receives and
- replying to queries from clients for these names.</P
-><P
->In addition, <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> can act as a WINS
+ replying to queries from clients for these names.</p><p>In addition, <b class="command">nmbd</b> can act as a WINS
proxy, relaying broadcast queries from clients that do
not understand how to talk the WINS protocol to a WINS
- server.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN42"
-></A
-><H2
->OPTIONS</H2
-><P
-></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
-><DL
-><DT
->-D</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If specified, this parameter causes
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> to operate as a daemon. That is,
+ server.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-D</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <b class="command">nmbd</b> to operate as a daemon. That is,
it detaches itself and runs in the background, fielding
- requests on the appropriate port. By default, <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->
+ requests on the appropriate port. By default, <b class="command">nmbd</b>
will operate as a daemon if launched from a command shell.
- nmbd can also be operated from the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->inetd</B
->
+ nmbd can also be operated from the <b class="command">inetd</b>
meta-daemon, although this is not recommended.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-F</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If specified, this parameter causes
- the main <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> process to not daemonize,
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-F</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the main <b class="command">nmbd</b> process to not daemonize,
i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
Child processes are still created as normal to service
each connection request, but the main process does not
exit. This operation mode is suitable for running
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> under process supervisors such
- as <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->supervise</B
-> and <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->svscan</B
->
- from Daniel J. Bernstein's <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->daemontools</B
->
+ <b class="command">nmbd</b> under process supervisors such
+ as <b class="command">supervise</b> and <b class="command">svscan</b>
+ from Daniel J. Bernstein's <b class="command">daemontools</b>
package, or the AIX process monitor.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-S</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If specified, this parameter causes
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> to log to standard output rather
- than a file.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-a</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If this parameter is specified, each new
- connection will append log messages to the log file.
- This is the default.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-i</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If this parameter is specified it causes the
- server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <b class="command">nmbd</b> to log to standard output rather
+ than a file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i</span></dt><dd><p>If this parameter is specified it causes the
+ server to run &quot;interactively&quot;, 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. <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> also logs to standard
- output, as if the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->-S</B
-> parameter had been
- given. </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-o</DT
-><DD
-><P
->If this parameter is specified, the
- log files will be overwritten when opened. By default,
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbd</B
-> will append entries to the log
- files.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-h</DT
-><DD
-><P
->Prints the help information (usage)
- for <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-H &#60;filename&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->NetBIOS lmhosts file. The lmhosts
+ command line. <b class="command">nmbd</b> also logs to standard
+ output, as if the <tt class="constant">-S</tt> parameter had been
+ given. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options.
+</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-H &lt;filename&gt;</span></dt><dd><p>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 <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"
-TARGET="_top"
-> name resolve order</A
-> described in <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
-></A
->
- to resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
- that the contents of this file are <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->NOT</I
->
- used by <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> to answer any name queries.
+ resolution mechanism <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder" target="_top"><i class="parameter"><tt>name resolve
+ order</tt></i></a> described in <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> to resolve any
+ NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
+ that the contents of this file are <span class="emphasis"><em>NOT</em></span>
+ used by <b class="command">nmbd</b> to answer any name queries.
Adding a line to this file affects name NetBIOS resolution
- from this host <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->ONLY</I
->.</P
-><P
->The default path to this file is compiled into
+ from this host <span class="emphasis"><em>ONLY</em></span>.</p><p>The default path to this file is compiled into
Samba as part of the build process. Common defaults
- are <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts</TT
->,
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/usr/samba/lib/lmhosts</TT
-> or
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/lmhosts</TT
->. See the
- <A
-HREF="lmhosts.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->lmhosts(5)</TT
-></A
->
- man page for details on the contents of this file.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-V</DT
-><DD
-><P
->Prints the version number for
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-d &#60;debug level&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->debuglevel is an integer
- from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is
- not specified is zero.</P
-><P
->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.</P
-><P
->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.</P
-><P
->Note that specifying this parameter here will override
- the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel"
-TARGET="_top"
->log level</A
->
- parameter in the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> smb.conf(5)</TT
-></A
-> file.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-l &#60;log directory&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->The -l parameter specifies a directory
- into which the "log.nmbd" log file will be created
- for operational data from the running <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->
- server. The default log directory is compiled into Samba
- as part of the build process. Common defaults are <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> /usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb</TT
->, <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> /usr/samba/var/log.nmb</TT
-> or
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/var/log/log.nmb</TT
->. <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->Beware:</I
->
- If the directory specified does not exist, <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->
- will log to the default debug log location defined at compile time.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-n &#60;primary NetBIOS name&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->This option allows you to override
- the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical
- to setting the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"
-TARGET="_top"
-> NetBIOS name</A
-> parameter in the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-></A
-> file. However, a command
- line setting will take precedence over settings in
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
->.</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-p &#60;UDP port number&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->UDP port number is a positive integer value.
+ are <tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts</tt>,
+ <tt class="filename">/usr/samba/lib/lmhosts</tt> or
+ <tt class="filename">/etc/samba/lmhosts</tt>. See the <a href="lmhosts.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lmhosts</span>(5)</span></a> man page for details on the contents of this file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the version number for
+<b class="command">smbd</b>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s &lt;configuration file&gt;</span></dt><dd><p>The file specified contains the
+configuration details required by the server. The
+information in this file includes server-specific
+information such as what printcap file to use, as well
+as descriptions of all the services that the server is
+to provide. See <a href="smb.conf.5.html" target="_top"><tt class="filename">
+smb.conf(5)</tt></a> for more information.
+The default configuration file name is determined at
+compile time.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d|--debug=debuglevel</span></dt><dd><p><i class="replaceable"><tt>debuglevel</tt></i> is an integer
+from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is
+not specified is zero.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Note that specifying this parameter here will
+override the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel" target="_top">log
+level</a> parameter in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html" target="_top">
+<tt class="filename">smb.conf(5)</tt></a> file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-l|--logfile=logbasename</span></dt><dd><p>File name for log/debug files. The extension
+<tt class="constant">&quot;.client&quot;</tt> will be appended. The log file is
+never removed by the client.
+</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-p &lt;UDP port number&gt;</span></dt><dd><p>UDP port number is a positive integer value.
This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137)
- that <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> responds to name queries on. Don't
+ that <b class="command">nmbd</b> responds to name queries on. Don't
use this option unless you are an expert, in which case you
- won't need help!</P
-></DD
-><DT
->-s &#60;configuration file&#62;</DT
-><DD
-><P
->The default configuration file name
- is set at build time, typically as <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
-> /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</TT
->, but
- this may be changed when Samba is autoconfigured.</P
-><P
->The file specified contains the configuration details
- required by the server. See <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
-></A
-> for more information.
- </P
-></DD
-></DL
-></DIV
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN148"
-></A
-><H2
->FILES</H2
-><P
-></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
-><DL
-><DT
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/inetd.conf</TT
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
->If the server is to be run by the
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->inetd</B
-> meta-daemon, this file
+ won't need help!</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>FILES</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p>If the server is to be run by the
+ <b class="command">inetd</b> meta-daemon, this file
must contain suitable startup information for the
- meta-daemon. See the <A
-HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->UNIX_INSTALL.html</A
-> document
+ meta-daemon. See the <a href="install.html" target="_top">install</a> document
for details.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/rc</TT
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
->or whatever initialization script your
- system uses).</P
-><P
->If running the server as a daemon at startup,
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/etc/rc</tt></span></dt><dd><p>or whatever initialization script your
+ system uses).</p><p>If running the server as a daemon at startup,
this file will need to contain an appropriate startup
- sequence for the server. See the <A
-HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->UNIX_INSTALL.html</A
-> document
- for details.</P
-></DD
-><DT
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/services</TT
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
->If running the server via the
- meta-daemon <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->inetd</B
->, this file
+ sequence for the server. See the <a href="install.html" target="_top">&quot;How to Install and Test SAMBA&quot;</a> document
+ for details.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/etc/services</tt></span></dt><dd><p>If running the server via the
+ meta-daemon <b class="command">inetd</b>, 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 <A
-HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->UNIX_INSTALL.html</A
->
- document for details.</P
-></DD
-><DT
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</TT
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
->This is the default location of the
- <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf</TT
-></A
->
- server configuration file. Other common places that systems
- install this file are <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</TT
->
- and <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/smb.conf</TT
->.</P
-><P
->When run as a WINS server (see the
- <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#WINSSUPPORT"
-TARGET="_top"
->wins support</A
->
- parameter in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
-> man page),
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->
- will store the WINS database in the file <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->wins.dat</TT
->
- in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->var/locks</TT
-> directory configured under
- wherever Samba was configured to install itself.</P
-><P
->If <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> is acting as a <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
-> browse master</I
-> (see the <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html#LOCALMASTER"
-TARGET="_top"
->local master</A
->
- parameter in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
-> man page,
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
->
- will store the browsing database in the file <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->browse.dat
- </TT
-> in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->var/locks</TT
-> directory
+ See the <a href="install.html" target="_top">&quot;How to Install and Test SAMBA&quot;</a>
+ document for details.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p>This is the default location of
+ the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> server
+ configuration file. Other common places that systems
+ install this file are <tt class="filename">/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt>
+ and <tt class="filename">/etc/samba/smb.conf</tt>.</p><p>When run as a WINS server (see the
+ <a href="smb.conf.5.html#WINSSUPPORT" target="_top"><tt class="constant">wins support</tt></a>
+ parameter in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> man page),
+ <b class="command">nmbd</b>
+ will store the WINS database in the file <tt class="filename">wins.dat</tt>
+ in the <tt class="filename">var/locks</tt> directory configured under
+ wherever Samba was configured to install itself.</p><p>If <b class="command">nmbd</b> is acting as a <span class="emphasis"><em>
+ browse master</em></span> (see the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#LOCALMASTER" target="_top"><tt class="constant">local master</tt></a>
+ parameter in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> man page, <b class="command">nmbd</b>
+ will store the browsing database in the file <tt class="filename">browse.dat
+ </tt> in the <tt class="filename">var/locks</tt> directory
configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.
- </P
-></DD
-></DL
-></DIV
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN195"
-></A
-><H2
->SIGNALS</H2
-><P
->To shut down an <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> process it is recommended
- that SIGKILL (-9) <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->NOT</I
-> be used, except as a last
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SIGNALS</h2><p>To shut down an <b class="command">nmbd</b> process it is recommended
+ that SIGKILL (-9) <span class="emphasis"><em>NOT</em></span> be used, except as a last
resort, as this may leave the name database in an inconsistent state.
- The correct way to terminate <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> is to send it
- a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.</P
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause
- it to dump out its namelists into the file <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->namelist.debug
- </TT
-> in the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/usr/local/samba/var/locks</TT
->
- directory (or the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->var/locks</TT
-> directory configured
+ The correct way to terminate <b class="command">nmbd</b> is to send it
+ a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.</p><p><b class="command">nmbd</b> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause
+ it to dump out its namelists into the file <tt class="filename">namelist.debug
+ </tt> in the <tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/var/locks</tt>
+ directory (or the <tt class="filename">var/locks</tt> directory configured
under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also
- cause <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->nmbd</B
-> to dump out its server database in
- the <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->log.nmb</TT
-> file.</P
-><P
->The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered using
- <A
-HREF="smbcontrol.1.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbcontrol(1)</B
->
- </A
-> (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.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN211"
-></A
-><H2
->VERSION</H2
-><P
->This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
- the Samba suite.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN214"
-></A
-><H2
->SEE ALSO</H2
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->inetd(8)</B
->, <A
-HREF="smbd.8.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbd(8)</B
-></A
->,
- <A
-HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->smb.conf(5)</TT
->
- </A
->, <A
-HREF="smbclient.1.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->smbclient(1)
- </B
-></A
->, <A
-HREF="testparm.1.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
-> testparm(1)</B
-></A
->, <A
-HREF="testprns.1.html"
-TARGET="_top"
-> <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->testprns(1)</B
-></A
->, and the Internet RFC's
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->rfc1001.txt</TT
->, <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->rfc1002.txt</TT
->.
+ cause <b class="command">nmbd</b> to dump out its server database in
+ the <tt class="filename">log.nmb</tt> file.</p><p>The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered
+ using <a href="smbcontrol.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbcontrol</span>(1)</span></a> (SIGUSR[1|2] signals
+ are no longer used since Samba 2.2). This is to allow
+ transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
+ at a normally low log level.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
+ the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p>
+ <a href="inetd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">inetd</span>(8)</span></a>, <a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a>, <a href="smbclient.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbclient</span>(1)</span></a>, <a href="testparm.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">testparm</span>(1)</span></a>, <a href="testprns.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">testprns</span>(1)</span></a>, and the Internet
+ RFC's <tt class="filename">rfc1001.txt</tt>, <tt class="filename">rfc1002.txt</tt>.
In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available
- as a link from the Web page <A
-HREF="http://samba.org/cifs/"
-TARGET="_top"
->
- http://samba.org/cifs/</A
->.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN231"
-></A
-><H2
->AUTHOR</H2
-><P
->The original Samba software and related utilities
+ as a link from the Web page <a href="http://samba.org/cifs/" target="_top">
+ http://samba.org/cifs/</a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>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.</P
-><P
->The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>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
- <A
-HREF="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"
-TARGET="_top"
-> ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</A
->) and updated for the Samba 2.0
+ excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/" target="_top">
+ ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</a>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
- Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</P
-></DIV
-></BODY
-></HTML
-> \ No newline at end of file
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook
+ XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html>