From 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gerald W. Carter" Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:09:40 -0500 Subject: Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball. (This used to be commit 9f672c26d63955f613088489c6efbdc08b5b2d14) --- docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml') diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2b13200ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/interfaces.xml @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ + + + This option allows you to override the default + network interfaces list that Samba will use for browsing, name + registration and other NBT traffic. By default Samba will query + the kernel for the list of all active interfaces and use any + interfaces except 127.0.0.1 that are broadcast capable. + + The option takes a list of interface strings. Each string + can be in any of the following forms: + + + a network interface name (such as eth0). + This may include shell-like wildcards so eth* will match + any interface starting with the substring "eth" + + an IP address. In this case the netmask is + determined from the list of interfaces obtained from the + kernel + + an IP/mask pair. + + a broadcast/mask pair. + + + The "mask" parameters can either be a bit length (such + as 24 for a C class network) or a full netmask in dotted + decimal form. + + The "IP" parameters above can either be a full dotted + decimal IP address or a hostname which will be looked up via + the OS's normal hostname resolution mechanisms. + + + By default Samba enables all active interfaces that are broadcast capable + except the loopback adaptor (IP address 127.0.0.1). + + + + The example below configures three network interfaces corresponding + to the eth0 device and IP addresses 192.168.2.10 and 192.168.3.10. + The netmasks of the latter two interfaces would be set to 255.255.255.0. + + + +bind interfaces only + +eth0 192.168.2.10/24 192.168.3.10/255.255.255.0 + + + -- cgit