<samba:parameter name="dns proxy" context="G" type="boolean" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para> <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be 15 characters, maximum.</para> <para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking action.</para> </description> <related>wins support</related> <value type="default">yes</value> </samba:parameter>