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diff --git a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 index a8303c4e5e..7675459166 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "NMBD" "8" "24 April 2001" "" "" +.TH "NMBD" "8" "10 October 2001" "" "" .SH NAME nmbd \- NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients .SH SYNOPSIS .sp -\fBsmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-H <lmhosts file>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log file>\fR ] [ \fB-n <primary netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ] +\fBnmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-H <lmhosts file>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log file>\fR ] [ \fB-n <primary netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This program is part of the Samba suite. @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ for \fBnmbd\fR. 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 name resolve orderto resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note +resolution mechanism name resolve order +to resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note that the contents of this file are \fBNOT\fR used by \fBnmbd\fR to answer any name queries. Adding a line to this file affects name NetBIOS resolution @@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic. Note that specifying this parameter here will override -the log levelparameter in the \fI smb.conf\fRfile. +the log level +parameter in the \fI smb.conf\fRfile. .TP \fB-l <log file>\fR The -l parameter specifies a path @@ -175,17 +177,20 @@ See the section INSTALLATION below. .TP \fB\fI/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fB\fR This is the default location of the -\fIsmb.conf\fRserver configuration file. Other common places that systems +\fIsmb.conf\fR +server configuration file. Other common places that systems install this file are \fI/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR and \fI/etc/smb.conf\fR. When run as a WINS server (see the -wins supportparameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRman page), \fBnmbd\fR +wins support +parameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRman page), \fBnmbd\fR will store the WINS database in the file \fIwins.dat\fR in the \fIvar/locks\fR directory configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself. -If \fBnmbd\fR is acting as a \fB browse master\fR (see the local masterparameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRman page), \fBnmbd\fR +If \fBnmbd\fR is acting as a \fB browse master\fR (see the local master +parameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRman page), \fBnmbd\fR will store the browsing database in the file \fIbrowse.dat \fRin the \fIvar/locks\fR directory configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself. @@ -198,17 +203,18 @@ The correct way to terminate \fBnmbd\fR is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own. .PP \fBnmbd\fR will accept SIGHUP, which will cause -it to dump out it's namelists into the file \fInamelist.debug +it to dump out its namelists into the file \fInamelist.debug \fRin the \fI/usr/local/samba/var/locks\fR directory (or the \fIvar/locks\fR directory configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also -cause \fBnmbd\fR to dump out it's server database in -the \fIlog.nmb\fR file. In addition, the debug log level -of nmbd may be raised by sending it a SIGUSR1 (\fBkill -USR1 -<nmbd-pid>\fR) and lowered by sending it a -SIGUSR2 (\fBkill -USR2 <nmbd-pid>\fR). This is to -allow transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running at a -normally low log level. +cause \fBnmbd\fR to dump out its server database in +the \fIlog.nmb\fR file. +.PP +The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered using +\fBsmbcontrol(1)\fR +(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. .SH "VERSION" .PP This man page is correct for version 2.2 of |