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-.TH "NMBD" "8" "17 April 2003" "" ""
-
+.TH "NMBD" "8" "04 March 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
nmbd \- NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This program is part of the \fBSamba\fR(7) suite.
+This program is part of the Samba suite.
.PP
\fBnmbd\fR is a server that understands
and can reply to NetBIOS over IP name service requests, like
option (see OPTIONS below). Thus \fBnmbd\fR will
reply to broadcast queries for its own name(s). Additional
names for \fBnmbd\fR to respond on can be set
-via parameters in the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) configuration file.
+via parameters in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fR configuration file.
.PP
\fBnmbd\fR can also be used as a WINS
(Windows Internet Name Server) server. What this basically means
\fBnmbd\fR to log to standard output rather
than a file.
.TP
+\fB-a\fR
+If this parameter is specified, each new
+connection will append log messages to the log file.
+This is the default.
+.TP
\fB-i\fR
If this parameter is specified it causes 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. \fBnmbd\fR also logs to standard
-output, as if the -S parameter had been
+output, as if the \fB-S\fR parameter had been
given.
.TP
-\fB-h|--help\fR
-Print a summary of command line options.
+\fB-o\fR
+If this parameter is specified, the
+log files will be overwritten when opened. By default,
+\fBsmbd\fR will append entries to the log
+files.
+.TP
+\fB-h\fR
+Prints the help information (usage)
+for \fBnmbd\fR.
.TP
\fB-H <filename>\fR
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 \fIname resolve
-order\fR described in \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) to resolve any
-NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
+resolution mechanism name resolve order described in \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR
+to resolve any NetBIOS name queries needed by the server. Note
that the contents of this file are \fBNOT\fR
used by \fBnmbd\fR to answer any name queries.
Adding a line to this file affects name NetBIOS resolution
Samba as part of the build process. Common defaults
are \fI/usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts\fR,
\fI/usr/samba/lib/lmhosts\fR or
-\fI/etc/samba/lmhosts\fR. See the \fBlmhosts\fR(5) man page for details on the contents of this file.
+\fI/etc/lmhosts\fR. See the
+\fIlmhosts(5)\fR
+man page for details on the contents of this file.
.TP
\fB-V\fR
Prints the version number for
-\fBsmbd\fR.
+\fBnmbd\fR.
.TP
-\fB-s <configuration file>\fR
-The file specified contains the
-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 \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR for more information.
-The default configuration file name is determined at
-compile time.
-.TP
-\fB-d|--debug=debuglevel\fR
-\fIdebuglevel\fR is an integer
+\fB-d <debug level>\fR
+debuglevel is an integer
from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is
not specified is zero.
-The higher this value, the more detail will be
-logged to the log files about the activities of the
+The higher this value, the more detail will
+be logged to the log files about the activities of the
server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious
warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for
day to day running - it generates a small amount of
information about operations carried out.
-Levels above 1 will generate considerable
-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.
+Levels above 1 will generate considerable 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 file.
+Note that specifying this parameter here will override
+the log level
+parameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fR file.
+.TP
+\fB-l <log directory>\fR
+The -l parameter specifies a directory
+into which the "log.nmbd" log file will be created
+for operational data from the running \fBnmbd\fR
+server. The default log directory is compiled into Samba
+as part of the build process. Common defaults are \fI /usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb\fR, \fI /usr/samba/var/log.nmb\fR or
+\fI/var/log/log.nmb\fR. \fBBeware:\fR
+If the directory specified does not exist, \fBnmbd\fR
+will log to the default debug log location defined at compile time.
.TP
-\fB-l|--logfile=logbasename\fR
-File name for log/debug files. The extension
-".client" will be appended. The log file is
-never removed by the client.
+\fB-n <primary NetBIOS name>\fR
+This option allows you to override
+the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical
+to setting the NetBIOS name parameter in the
+\fIsmb.conf\fR file. However, a command
+line setting will take precedence over settings in
+\fIsmb.conf\fR.
.TP
\fB-p <UDP port number>\fR
UDP port number is a positive integer value.
that \fBnmbd\fR responds to name queries on. Don't
use this option unless you are an expert, in which case you
won't need help!
+.TP
+\fB-s <configuration file>\fR
+The default configuration file name
+is set at build time, typically as \fI /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR, but
+this may be changed when Samba is autoconfigured.
+
+The file specified contains the configuration details
+required by the server. See \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR for more information.
.SH "FILES"
.TP
\fB\fI/etc/inetd.conf\fB\fR
If the server is to be run by the
\fBinetd\fR meta-daemon, this file
must contain suitable startup information for the
-meta-daemon. See the install document
+meta-daemon. See the UNIX_INSTALL.html document
for details.
.TP
\fB\fI/etc/rc\fB\fR
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
+sequence for the server. See the UNIX_INSTALL.html document
for details.
.TP
\fB\fI/etc/services\fB\fR
meta-daemon \fBinetd\fR, 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"
+See the UNIX_INSTALL.html
document for details.
.TP
\fB\fI/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fB\fR
-This is the default location of
-the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) server
-configuration file. Other common places that systems
+This is the default location of the
+\fIsmb.conf\fR
+server configuration file. Other common places that systems
install this file are \fI/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR
-and \fI/etc/samba/smb.conf\fR.
+and \fI/etc/smb.conf\fR.
When run as a WINS server (see the
wins support
-parameter in the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) man page),
+parameter in the \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR man page),
\fBnmbd\fR
will store the WINS database in the file \fIwins.dat\fR
in the \fIvar/locks\fR directory configured under
wherever Samba was configured to install itself.
If \fBnmbd\fR is acting as a \fB browse master\fR (see the local master
-parameter in the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) man page, \fBnmbd\fR
+parameter in the \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR man page,
+\fBnmbd\fR
will store the browsing database in the file \fIbrowse.dat
\fR in the \fIvar/locks\fR directory
configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.
cause \fBnmbd\fR to dump out its server database in
the \fIlog.nmb\fR file.
.PP
-The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered
-using \fBsmbcontrol\fR(1) (SIGUSR[1|2] signals
-are no longer used since Samba 2.2). This is to allow
-transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
+The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered using
+\fBsmbcontrol(1)\fR
+ (SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer used in Samba 2.2). This is
+to allow transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
at a normally low log level.
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
the Samba suite.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBinetd\fR(8), \fBsmbd\fR(8), \fBsmb.conf\fR(5), \fBsmbclient\fR(1), \fBtestparm\fR(1), \fBtestprns\fR(1), and the Internet
-RFC's \fIrfc1001.txt\fR, \fIrfc1002.txt\fR.
+\fBinetd(8)\fR, \fBsmbd(8)\fR
+\fIsmb.conf(5)\fR
+ \fBsmbclient(1)
+\fR and the Internet RFC's
+\fIrfc1001.txt\fR, \fIrfc1002.txt\fR.
In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available
as a link from the Web page
http://samba.org/cifs/ <URL:http://samba.org/cifs/>.
.PP
The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
-excellent piece of Open Source software, available at ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/ <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
+excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
+ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/ <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
-Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook
-XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
+Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter
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