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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html b/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html index 9fbab962a2..217ddd7965 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ -<html><head><title>nmblookup</title> +<html><head><title>nmblookup (1)</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au"> </head> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <hr> -<h1>nmblookup</h1> +<h1>nmblookup (1)</h1> <h2>Samba</h2> <h2>23 Oct 1998</h2> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ <p><br>This program is part of the <strong>Samba</strong> suite. <p><br><strong>nmblookup</strong> 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 particlar IP broadcast area +allow the name queries to be directed at a particular IP broadcast area or to a particular machine. All queries are done over UDP. <p><br><a name="OPTIONS"></a> <h2>OPTIONS</h2> @@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ NetBIOS processing code on a machine is used instead. See rfc1001, rfc1002 for details. <p><br><a name="minusS"></a> <li><strong><strong>-S</strong></strong> Once the name query has returned an IP address then do a -node status query as well. +node status query as well. A node status query returns the NetBIOS names +registered by a host. <p><br><a name="minusr"></a> <li><strong><strong>-r</strong></strong> 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 privillage is +UDP port 137. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privilage is needed to bind to this port, and in addition, if the <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> daemon is running on this machine it also binds to this port. @@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ level</strong></a> parameter in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf (5)</strong></a> file. <p><br><a name="minuss"></a> <li><strong><strong>-s smb.conf</strong></strong> This parameter specifies the pathname to the -Samba configuration file, smb.conf. This file controls all aspects of -the Samba setup on the machine and smbclient also needs to read this -file. +Samba configuration file, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf</strong></a>. +This file controls all aspects of +the Samba setup on the machine. <p><br><a name="minusi"></a> -<li><strong><strong>-i scope</strong></strong> This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will use +<li><strong><strong>-i scope</strong></strong> This specifies a NetBIOS scope that <strong>nmblookup</strong> 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 <em>very</em> rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the @@ -103,14 +104,15 @@ communicate with. <li><strong><strong>name</strong></strong> 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 <code>#<type></code> to the name. +appending <code>#<type></code> to the name. This name may also be <code>"*"</code>, +which will return all registered names within a broadcast area. <p><br></ul> <p><br><a name="EXAMPLES"></a> <h2>EXAMPLES</h2> -<p><br><strong>nmblookup</strong> can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way .B -nslookup is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server, -nmblookup must be called like this: +<p><br><strong>nmblookup</strong> can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way +<strong>nslookup</strong> is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server, +<strong>nmblookup</strong> must be called like this: <p><br><code>nmblookup -U server -R 'name'</code> <p><br>For example, running : <p><br><code>nmblookup -U samba.anu.edu.au -R IRIX#1B'</code> @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ browser (1B name type) for the IRIX workgroup. <h2>AUTHOR</h2> <p><br>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by -Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Samba is now developed +Andrew Tridgell <a href="mailto:samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au"><em>samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au</em></a>. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. <p><br>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page |