-mailto(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au)
+mailto(samba-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(nmblookup)(1)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA)
+manpage(nmblookup htmlcommand((1)))(1)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA)
label(NAME)
manpagename(nmblookup)(NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names)
bf(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.
label(OPTIONS)
label(minusS)
dit(bf(-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.
label(minusr)
dit(bf(-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
url(bf(nmbd))(nmbd.8.html) daemon is running on this machine it also
binds to this port.
label(minuss)
dit(bf(-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, url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html).
+This file controls all aspects of
+the Samba setup on the machine.
label(minusi)
-dit(bf(-i scope)) This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will use
+dit(bf(-i scope)) This specifies a NetBIOS scope that bf(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 em(very) rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
dit(bf(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 tt(#<type>) to the name.
+appending tt(#<type>) to the name. This name may also be tt("*"),
+which will return all registered names within a broadcast area.
enddit()
label(EXAMPLES)
manpagesection(EXAMPLES)
-bf(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:
+bf(nmblookup) can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way
+bf(nslookup) is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server,
+bf(nmblookup) must be called like this:
tt(nmblookup -U server -R 'name')
For example, running :
-tt(nmblookup -U samba.anu.edu.au -R IRIX#1B')
+tt(nmblookup -U samba.org -R IRIX#1B')
-would query the WINS server samba.anu.edu.au for the domain master
+would query the WINS server samba.org for the domain master
browser (1B name type) for the IRIX workgroup.
label(VERSION)
manpageauthor()
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
-Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Samba is now developed
+Andrew Tridgell email(samba-bugs@samba.org). 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
sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
-Source software) and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy
-Allison, email(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au).
+Source software, available at
+url(bf(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))
+and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
+email(samba-bugs@samba.org).
See url(bf(samba (7)))(samba.7.html) to find out how to get a full
list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
git.samba.org / tprouty / samba.git / blobdiff