From 04cfbc7854bb793481e9050264a1f0cac1c6198a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:15:53 +0000 Subject: Update pre-release of RC2. Note: Due to config errors not all manpages were rebuilt. (This used to be commit 01fde1a40b11e73cc98f09ab2ebbd14ed0bed4cf) --- docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html') diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html index ad1c7990c0..f3e514fa77 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ those produced by SMB/CIFS clients such as Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients. It also participates in the browsing protocols which make up the - Windows "Network Neighborhood" view.

SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to + Windows "Network Neighborhood" view.

SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to locate an SMB/CIFS server. That is, they wish to know what IP number a specified host is using.

Amongst other services, nmbd will listen for such requests, and if its own NetBIOS name is specified it will respond with the IP number of the host it - is running on. Its "own NetBIOS name" is by + is running on. Its "own NetBIOS name" is by default the primary DNS name of the host it is running on, but this can be overridden with the -n option (see OPTIONS below). Thus nmbd will @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@

-S

If specified, this parameter causes nmbd to log to standard output rather than a file.

-i

If this parameter is specified it causes the - server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the + server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the command line. nmbd also logs to standard @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@

-H <filename>

NetBIOS lmhosts file. The lmhosts file is a list of NetBIOS names to IP addresses that is loaded by the nmbd server and used via the name - resolution mechanism name resolve order described in smb.conf(5) to resolve any + resolution mechanism name resolve order described in smb.conf(5) to resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note that the contents of this file are NOT used by nmbd to answer any name queries. @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.

Note that specifying this parameter here will -override the log level parameter +override the log level parameter in the smb.conf file.

-l|--logfile=logbasename

File name for log/debug files. The extension -".client" will be appended. The log file is +".client" will be appended. The log file is never removed by the client.

-p <UDP port number>

UDP port number is a positive integer value. This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137) @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ never removed by the client. configuration file. Other common places that systems install this file are /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf and /etc/samba/smb.conf.

When run as a WINS server (see the - wins support + wins support parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page), nmbd will store the WINS database in the file wins.dat in the var/locks directory configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.

If nmbd is acting as a - browse master (see the local master + browse master (see the local master parameter in the smb.conf(5) man page, nmbd will store the browsing database in the file browse.dat in the var/locks directory -- cgit