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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 b/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 index 80e1ddf360..5f95abd3c1 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SMBCLIENT 1 "08 Jan 1998" "smbclient 1.9.18" +.TH SMBCLIENT 1 "19 Feb 1998" "smbclient 1.9.18p3" .SH NAME smbclient \- ftp-like Lan Manager client program .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ smbclient \- ftp-like Lan Manager client program .B \-I .I IP number ] [ +.B \-R +.I name resolve order +] [ .B \-N ] [ .B \-P @@ -87,6 +90,11 @@ on the Lan Manager server "lanman", you would use the servicename Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily the host name of the server! The name required is a Lan Manager server name, which may or may not be the same as the hostname of the machine running the server. + +With Samba 1.9.18p4 the server name is looked up according to the +"name resolve order=" parameter in the smb.conf file, allowing an +administrator to change the order and methods by which server names +are looked up. .RE .B password @@ -114,6 +122,15 @@ rejected by these servers. Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. .RE +.B \-R name resolve order + +.RS 3 +This parameter will override the default name resolution order of the +server listed in the "name resolve order" parameter in smb.conf. This +is useful to force name resolution to take place by a particular method. +This command line parameter only exists in Samba 1.9.18p4 and above. +.RE + .B \-A .RS 3 |