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diff --git a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 index 057adb8bed..ff98f0ce44 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/nmbd.8 @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "NMBD" "8" "26 November 2002" "" "" +.TH "NMBD" "8" "03 January 2003" "" "" .SH NAME nmbd \- NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBnmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-H <lmhosts file>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log directory>\fR ] [ \fB-n <primary netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ] +\fBnmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-F\fR ] [ \fB-S\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-H <lmhosts file>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log directory>\fR ] [ \fB-n <primary netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP @@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ will operate as a daemon if launched from a command shell. nmbd can also be operated from the \fBinetd\fR meta-daemon, although this is not recommended. .TP +\fB-F\fR +If specified, this parameter causes +the main \fBnmbd\fR 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 +\fBnmbd\fR under process supervisors such +as \fBsupervise\fR and \fBsvscan\fR +from Daniel J. Bernstein's \fBdaemontools\fR +package, or the AIX process monitor. +.TP +\fB-S\fR +If specified, this parameter causes +\fBnmbd\fR to log to standard output rather +than a file. +.TP \fB-a\fR If this parameter is specified, each new connection will append log messages to the log file. @@ -67,7 +84,9 @@ 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 line. \fBnmbd\fR also logs to standard +output, as if the \fB-S\fR parameter had been +given. .TP \fB-o\fR If this parameter is specified, the |