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/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml') diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c966c95be0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remotebrowsesync.xml @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + + + + This option allows you to setup nmbd + 8 to periodically request + synchronization of browse lists with the master browser of a Samba + server that is on a remote segment. This option will allow you to + gain browse lists for multiple workgroups across routed networks. This + is done in a manner that does not work with any non-Samba servers. + + + + This is useful if you want your Samba server and all local + clients to appear in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse + propagation rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere + that you can send IP packets to. + + + + For example: + +remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.255 + + the above line would cause nmbd to request the master browser on the + specified subnets or addresses to synchronize their browse lists with + the local server. + + + + The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast + addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses + of known browse masters if your network config is that stable. If + a machine IP address is given Samba makes NO attempt to validate + that the remote machine is available, is listening, nor that it + is in fact the browse master on its segment. + + + + The may be used on networks + where there is no WINS server, and may be used on disjoint networks where + each network has its own WINS server. + + + + + -- cgit