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diff --git a/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1 b/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1 index 04f24d0ef5..a542e6d507 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1 +++ b/docs/manpages/nmblookup.1 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ nmblookup \- NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names .PP .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP -\fBnmblookup\fP [-M] [-R] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B broadcast address] [-U unicast address] [-d debuglevel] [-s smb config file] [-i NetBIOS scope] name +\fBnmblookup\fP [-M] [-R] [-S] [-r] [-A] [-h] [-B broadcast address] [-U unicast address] [-d debuglevel] [-s smb config file] [-i NetBIOS scope] [-T] name .PP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ or to a particular machine\&. All queries are done over UDP\&. .PP .IP .IP "\fB-M\fP" -Searches for a master browser\&. This is done by doing a -broadcast lookup on the special name \f(CW__MSBROWSE__\fP\&. +Searches for a master browser by looking up the +NetBIOS name \fBname\fP with a type of 0x1d\&. If \fBname\fP +is \f(CW"-"\fP then it does a lookup on the special name \f(CW__MSBROWSE__\fP\&. .IP .IP "\fB-R\fP" Set the recursion desired bit in the packet to do a @@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ Print a help (usage) message\&. .IP "\fB-B broadcast address\fP" Send the query to the given broadcast address\&. Without this option the default behavior of nmblookup is to -send the query to the broadcast address of the primary network -interface as either auto-detected or defined in the +send the query to the broadcast address of the network +interfaces as either auto-detected or defined in the \fBinterfaces\fP parameter of the \fBsmb\&.conf (5)\fP file\&. .IP @@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ are \fIvery\fP rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you communicate with\&. .IP +.IP "\fB-T\fP" +This causes any IP addresses found in the lookup to be +looked up via a reverse DNS lookup into a DNS name, and printed out +before each \f(CW"IP address NetBIOS name"\fP pair that is the normal +output\&. +.IP .IP "\fBname\fP" This is the NetBIOS name being queried\&. Depending upon the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address\&. If a |