From 3bb3f2d0ce1165d0cac683f507d838d20c8c743b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Allison Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 03:01:40 +0000 Subject: Update for 2.0beta1. Jeremy. (This used to be commit 598d0255d40da29ebab3d1a3c9eb66ba654db7b5) --- docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html | 30 ++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html') diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html b/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html index 9fbab962a2..217ddd7965 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/nmblookup.1.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ -nmblookup +nmblookup (1) @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
-

nmblookup

+

nmblookup (1)

Samba

23 Oct 1998

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@


This program is part of the Samba suite.


nmblookup is used to query NetBIOS names and map them to IP addresses in a network using NetBIOS over TCP/IP queries. The options -allow the name queries to be directed at a particlar IP broadcast area +allow the name queries to be directed at a particular IP broadcast area or to a particular machine. All queries are done over UDP.


OPTIONS

@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ NetBIOS processing code on a machine is used instead. See rfc1001, rfc1002 for details.


  • -S Once the name query has returned an IP address then do a -node status query as well. +node status query as well. A node status query returns the NetBIOS names +registered by a host.


  • -r Try and bind to UDP port 137 to send and receive UDP datagrams. The reason for this option is a bug in Windows 95 where it ignores the source port of the requesting packet and only replies to -UDP port 137. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privillage is +UDP port 137. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privilage is needed to bind to this port, and in addition, if the nmbd daemon is running on this machine it also binds to this port. @@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ level parameter in the smb.conf (5) file.


  • -s smb.conf This parameter specifies the pathname to the -Samba configuration file, smb.conf. This file controls all aspects of -the Samba setup on the machine and smbclient also needs to read this -file. +Samba configuration file, smb.conf. +This file controls all aspects of +the Samba setup on the machine.


    -

  • -i scope This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will use +
  • -i scope This specifies a NetBIOS scope that nmblookup will use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are very rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the @@ -103,14 +104,15 @@ communicate with.
  • name This is the NetBIOS name being queried. Depending upon the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address. If a NetBIOS name then the different name types may be specified by -appending #<type> to the name. +appending #<type> to the name. This name may also be "*", +which will return all registered names within a broadcast area.



    EXAMPLES

    -


    nmblookup can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way .B -nslookup is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server, -nmblookup must be called like this: +


    nmblookup can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way +nslookup is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server, +nmblookup must be called like this:


    nmblookup -U server -R 'name'


    For example, running :


    nmblookup -U samba.anu.edu.au -R IRIX#1B' @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ browser (1B name type) for the IRIX workgroup.

    AUTHOR


    The original Samba software and related utilities were created by -Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Samba is now developed +Andrew Tridgell samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.


    The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page -- cgit