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diff --git a/docs/manpages/winbindd.8 b/docs/manpages/winbindd.8 index cca62f25e4..ca0c87bd08 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/winbindd.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/winbindd.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "WINBINDD" "8" "28 January 2002" "" "" +.TH "WINBINDD" "8" "08 May 2002" "" "" .SH NAME winbindd \- Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT servers .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ installed, this should always suceed. The following nsswitch databases are implemented by the winbindd service: .TP +\fBhosts\fR +User information traditionally stored in +the \fIhosts(5)\fR file and used by +\fBgethostbyname(3)\fR functions. Names are +resolved through the WINS server or by broadcast. +.TP \fBpasswd\fR User information traditionally stored in the \fIpasswd(5)\fR file and used by @@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ group: files winbind .sp .fi .PP +.PP +The following simple configuration in the +\fI/etc/nsswitch.conf\fR file can be used to initially +resolve hostnames from \fI/etc/hosts\fR and then from the +WINS server. +.PP .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB-d debuglevel\fR |