From 99bde6889d3d8b7a9e950c86c30e82662e1dacdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 02:58:53 +0000 Subject: syncing files from 3.0 into HEAD again (This used to be commit bca0bba209255d0effbae6a3d3b6d298f0952c3a) --- docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html | 32 +++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html') diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html index c282bde89d..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 @@ -51,8 +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. @@ -67,8 +66,7 @@ configuration details required by the server. The information in this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions of all the services that the server is -to provide. See -smb.conf(5) for more information. +to provide. See smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.

-d|--debug=debuglevel

debuglevel is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is @@ -82,10 +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 in the -smb.conf(5) file.

-l|--logfile=logbasename

File name for log/debug files. The extension -".client" will be appended. The log file is +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 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) @@ -94,29 +91,26 @@ never removed by the client. won't need help!

FILES

/etc/inetd.conf

If the server is to be run by the inetd meta-daemon, this file must contain suitable startup information for the - meta-daemon. See the install document - for details. + meta-daemon.

/etc/rc

or whatever initialization script your system uses).

If running the server as a daemon at startup, this file will need to contain an appropriate startup - sequence for the server. See the "How to Install and Test SAMBA" document - for details.

/etc/services

If running the server via the + sequence for the server.

/etc/services

If running the server via the meta-daemon inetd, this file must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., netbios-ssn) to service port (e.g., 139) and protocol type (e.g., tcp). - See the "How to Install and Test SAMBA" - document for details.

/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf

This is the default location of +

/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf

This is the default location of the smb.conf(5) server 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