From c321404feb40e6eaaae4564c5c81b8b644bba3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:02:43 +0000 Subject: Doc updates from John + some minor fixes by me (This used to be commit 7fc49746dfd8d93066fe6870e3b642a5898aa032) --- docs/docbook/global.ent | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook/global.ent') diff --git a/docs/docbook/global.ent b/docs/docbook/global.ent index 018d29a6a8..659c448ed1 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/global.ent +++ b/docs/docbook/global.ent @@ -96,6 +96,66 @@ never removed by the client. &stdarg.logfile; '> + +-R <name resolve order> +This option is used to determine what naming +services and in what order to resolve +host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated +string of different name resolution options. + +The options are: "lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". +They cause names to be resolved as follows : + + +lmhosts: +Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the +line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the +NetBIOS name +(see the lmhosts + 5 for details) +then any name type matches for lookup. + + +host: +Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using +the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS +lookups. This method of name resolution is operating +system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this +may be controlled by the /etc/nsswitch.conf + file). Note that this method is only used +if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 +(server) name type, otherwise it is ignored. + + +wins: +Query a name with the IP address listed in the +wins server parameter. If no +WINS server has been specified this method will be +ignored. + + +bcast: +Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces +listed in the interfaces +parameter. This is the least reliable of the name +resolution methods as it depends on the target host +being on a locally connected subnet. + + + +If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order +defined in the smb.conf +5 file parameter +(name resolve order) will be used. + +The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without +this parameter or any entry in the name resolve order + parameter of the smb.conf +5 file, the name resolution methods +will be attempted in this order. +'> + -n <primary NetBIOS name> @@ -109,8 +169,6 @@ line setting will take precedence over settings in 5. '> - - -i <scope> -- cgit