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+
+<!ENTITY % globalentities SYSTEM '../global.ent'> %globalentities;
+]>
+<refentry id="nmbd.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>nmbd</refname>
+ <refpurpose>NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS
+ over IP naming services to clients</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>nmbd</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">-D</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-F</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-S</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-i</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-o</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-d &lt;debug level&gt;</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-H &lt;lmhosts file&gt;</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-l &lt;log directory&gt;</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-p &lt;port number&gt;</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-s &lt;configuration file&gt;</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>This program is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para><command>nmbd</command> 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.</para>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
+
+ <para>Amongst other services, <command>nmbd</command> 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
+ default the primary DNS name of the host it is running on,
+ but this can be overridden by the <smbconfoption><name>netbios name</name></smbconfoption>
+ in &smb.conf;. Thus <command>nmbd</command> will
+ reply to broadcast queries for its own name(s). Additional
+ names for <command>nmbd</command> to respond on can be set
+ via parameters in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> configuration file.</para>
+
+ <para><command>nmbd</command> 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.</para>
+
+ <para>In addition, <command>nmbd</command> 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.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-D</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <command>nmbd</command> to operate as a daemon. That is,
+ it detaches itself and runs in the background, fielding
+ requests on the appropriate port. By default, <command>nmbd</command>
+ will operate as a daemon if launched from a command shell.
+ nmbd can also be operated from the <command>inetd</command>
+ meta-daemon, although this is not recommended.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-F</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the main <command>nmbd</command> 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
+ <command>nmbd</command> under process supervisors such
+ as <command>supervise</command> and <command>svscan</command>
+ from Daniel J. Bernstein's <command>daemontools</command>
+ package, or the AIX process monitor.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-S</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ <command>nmbd</command> to log to standard output rather
+ than a file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-i</term>
+ <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes 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. <command>nmbd</command> also logs to standard
+ output, as if the <constant>-S</constant> parameter had been
+ given. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ &stdarg.help;
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-H &lt;filename&gt;</term>
+ <listitem><para>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 <smbconfoption><name>name resolve order</name></smbconfoption> described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> to resolve any
+ NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
+ that the contents of this file are <emphasis>NOT</emphasis>
+ used by <command>nmbd</command> to answer any name queries.
+ Adding a line to this file affects name NetBIOS resolution
+ from this host <emphasis>ONLY</emphasis>.</para>
+
+ <para>The default path to this file is compiled into
+ Samba as part of the build process. Common defaults
+ are <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts</filename>,
+ <filename>/usr/samba/lib/lmhosts</filename> or
+ <filename>/etc/samba/lmhosts</filename>. See the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>lmhosts</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page for details on the contents of this file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ &popt.common.samba;
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p &lt;UDP port number&gt;</term>
+ <listitem><para>UDP port number is a positive integer value.
+ This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137)
+ that <command>nmbd</command> responds to name queries on. Don't
+ use this option unless you are an expert, in which case you
+ won't need help!</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>If the server is to be run by the
+ <command>inetd</command> meta-daemon, this file
+ must contain suitable startup information for the
+ meta-daemon.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/rc</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>or whatever initialization script your
+ system uses).</para>
+
+ <para>If running the server as a daemon at startup,
+ this file will need to contain an appropriate startup
+ sequence for the server.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/services</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>If running the server via the
+ meta-daemon <command>inetd</command>, 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).
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>This is the default location of
+ the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> server
+ configuration file. Other common places that systems
+ install this file are <filename>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename>
+ and <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>When run as a WINS server (see the
+ <smbconfoption><name>wins support</name></smbconfoption>
+ parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page),
+ <command>nmbd</command>
+ will store the WINS database in the file <filename>wins.dat</filename>
+ in the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory configured under
+ wherever Samba was configured to install itself.</para>
+
+ <para>If <command>nmbd</command> is acting as a <emphasis>
+ browse master</emphasis> (see the <smbconfoption><name>local master</name></smbconfoption>
+ parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page, <command>nmbd</command>
+ will store the browsing database in the file <filename>browse.dat
+ </filename> in the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory
+ configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SIGNALS</title>
+
+ <para>To shut down an <command>nmbd</command> process it is recommended
+ that SIGKILL (-9) <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be used, except as a last
+ resort, as this may leave the name database in an inconsistent state.
+ The correct way to terminate <command>nmbd</command> is to send it
+ a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.</para>
+
+ <para><command>nmbd</command> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause
+ it to dump out its namelists into the file <filename>namelist.debug
+ </filename> in the <filename>/usr/local/samba/var/locks</filename>
+ directory (or the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory configured
+ under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also
+ cause <command>nmbd</command> to dump out its server database in
+ the <filename>log.nmb</filename> file.</para>
+
+ <para>The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered
+ using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> (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.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VERSION</title>
+
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
+ the Samba suite.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the Internet
+ RFC's <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename>, <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>.
+ In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available
+ as a link from the Web page <ulink noescape="1" url="http://samba.org/cifs/">
+ http://samba.org/cifs/</ulink>.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
+
+ <para>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 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
+ ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
+ release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook
+ XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>