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-.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