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-/*
- Unix SMB/Netbios documentation.
- Version 0.0
- Copyright (C) Luke Leighton Andrew Tridgell 1996
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- Document name: namequery.doc
-
- Revision History:
-
- 0.0 - 02jul96 : lkcl@pires.co.uk
- created
-*/
-
-this module contains non-threaded versions of name status and name
-query functions. if a multi-threaded nmbd was to be written, these
-functions would be the starting point.
-
-at the moment, the expected response queueing system is used to
-replace these functions without needing to multi-thread nmbd.
-
-these functions are used in smbclient and nmblookup at present to
-avoid having the vast quantities of complex and unused code needed
-to support even a simple name query (or providing stubs for the
-unused side of these functions).
-
-there is a down-side to these functions, which is all microsoft's
-fault. microsoft machines always always reply to queries on the
-priveleged ports, rather than following the usual tcp/ip mechanism
-of replying on the client's port (the exception to this i am led
-to believe is windows nt 3.50).
-
-as a result of this, in order to receive a response to a name
-query from a microsoft machine, we must be able to listen on
-the priveleged netbios name server ports. this is simply not
-possible with some versions of unix, unless you have root access.
-
-it is also not possible if you run smbclient or nmblookup on an
-interface that already has been claimed by the netbios name server
-daemon nmbd.
-
-all in all, i wish that microsoft would fix this.
-
-a solution does exist: nmbd _does_ actually reply on the client's
-port, so if smbclient and nmblookup were to use nmbd as a proxy
-forwarder of queries (or to use samba's WINS capabilities) then
-a query could be made without needing access to the priveleged
-ports. in order to do this properly, samba must implement secured
-netbios name server functionality (see rfc1001.txt 15.1.6).
-(lkcl 01aug96: samba now supports secured name registration)
-
-/*************************************************************************
- name_query()
- *************************************************************************/
-
-
-
-/*************************************************************************
- name_status()
- *************************************************************************/
-
-
-
-/*************************************************************************
- _interpret_node_status()
- *************************************************************************/
-
-
-this is a older version of interpret_node_status().
-