From 992f1e6b8f86b346fddd266b04d29cde69585633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:15:11 +0000 Subject: Add all the source files from the old CVS tree, add the 5 missing chapters from the HOWTO and add jht's Samba by Example book. (This used to be commit 9fb5bcb93e57c5162b3ee6f9c7d777dc0269d100) --- docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml (limited to 'docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml') diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d573277d8c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + + + This option allows you to setup nmbd + 8to periodically announce itself + to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name. + + This is useful if you want your Samba server 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 announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS + 192.168.4.255/STAFF + + the above line would cause nmbd to announce itself + to the two given IP addresses using the given workgroup names. + If you leave out the workgroup name then the one given in + the workgroup + parameter is used instead. + + 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. + +See . + + + + -- cgit