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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 &quot;Network Neighborhood&quot; view.</p><p>SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to
+ Windows "Network Neighborhood" 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
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 &quot;own NetBIOS name&quot; is by
+ is running on. Its "own NetBIOS name" is by
default the primary DNS name of the host it is running on,
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
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
</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 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. <b class="command">nmbd</b> also logs to standard
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
</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"><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
+ resolution mechanism <a class="indexterm" name="id2797065"></a><a href="#"><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.
@@ -67,8 +66,7 @@ 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.
+to provide. See <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> 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
@@ -82,10 +80,9 @@ 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
+override the <a class="indexterm" name="id2797372"></a><a href="#"><i class="parameter"><tt>log level</tt></i></a> parameter
+in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> 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">".client"</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)
@@ -94,29 +91,26 @@ never removed by the client.
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="install.html" target="_top">install</a> document
- for details.
+ meta-daemon.
</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="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
+ sequence for the server.</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="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
+ </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>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="id2797588"></a><a href="#"><i class="parameter"><tt>wins support</tt></i></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>
+ browse master</em></span> (see the <a class="indexterm" name="id2797657"></a><a href="#"><i class="parameter"><tt>local master</tt></i></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