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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html index 31afa11cf89..b18ae23aa21 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/nmbd.8.html @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ NAME="AEN8" ><B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> [-D] [-a] [-o] [-P] [-h] [-V] [-d <debug level>] [-H <lmhosts file>] [-l <log file>] [-n <primary netbios name>] [-p <port number>] [-s <configuration file>]</P +> [-D] [-a] [-i] [-o] [-P] [-h] [-V] [-d <debug level>] [-H <lmhosts file>] [-l <log directory>] [-n <primary netbios name>] [-p <port number>] [-s <configuration file>]</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN23" +NAME="AEN24" ></A ><H2 >DESCRIPTION</H2 @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN40" +NAME="AEN41" ></A ><H2 >OPTIONS</H2 @@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" This is the default.</P ></DD ><DT +>-i</DT +><DD +><P +>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 deamon mode when run from the + command line. + </P +></DD +><DT >-o</DT ><DD ><P @@ -275,22 +286,19 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" > file.</P ></DD ><DT ->-l <log file></DT +>-l <log directory></DT ><DD ><P ->The -l parameter specifies a path - and base filename into which operational data from - the running <B +>The -l parameter specifies a directory + into which the "log.nmbd" log file will be created + for operational data from the running + <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> server will - be logged. The actual log file name is generated by - appending the extension ".nmb" to the specified base - name. For example, if the name specified was "log" - then the file log.nmb would contain the debugging data.</P +> server.</P ><P ->The default log file path is compiled into Samba as - part of the build process. Common defaults are <TT +>The default log directory is compiled into Samba + as part of the build process. Common defaults are <TT CLASS="FILENAME" > /usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb</TT >, <TT @@ -332,31 +340,30 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DD ><P >UDP port number is a positive integer value. - This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137) + This option changes the default UDP port number (normally 137) that <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> responds to name queries on. Don't - use this option unless you are an expert, in which case you +> responds to name queries on. Don't + use this option unless you are an expert, in which case you won't need help!</P ></DD ><DT >-s <configuration file></DT ><DD ><P ->The default configuration file name +>The default configuration file name is set at build time, typically as <TT CLASS="FILENAME" > /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</TT >, but this may be changed when Samba is autoconfigured.</P ><P ->The file specified contains the configuration details +>The file specified contains the configuration details required by the server. See <A HREF="smb.conf.5.html" TARGET="_top" -> - <TT +> <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >smb.conf(5)</TT ></A @@ -369,7 +376,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN125" +NAME="AEN130" ></A ><H2 >FILES</H2 @@ -385,13 +392,18 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DT ><DD ><P ->If the server is to be run by the +>If the server is to be run by the <B CLASS="COMMAND" >inetd</B -> meta-daemon, this file - must contain suitable startup information for the - meta-daemon. See the section INSTALLATION below. +> meta-daemon, this file + must contain suitable startup information for the + meta-daemon. See the <A +HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html" +TARGET="_top" +>UNIX_INSTALL.html</A +> document + for details. </P ></DD ><DT @@ -401,13 +413,17 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DT ><DD ><P ->or whatever initialization script your +>or whatever initialization script your system uses).</P ><P ->If running the server as a daemon at startup, - this file will need to contain an appropriate startup - sequence for the server. See the section INSTALLATION - below.</P +>If running the server as a daemon at startup, + this file will need to contain an appropriate startup + sequence for the server. See the <A +HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html" +TARGET="_top" +>UNIX_INSTALL.html</A +> document + for details.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT @@ -416,14 +432,19 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DT ><DD ><P ->If running the server via the +>If running the server via the meta-daemon <B CLASS="COMMAND" >inetd</B ->, 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 section INSTALLATION below.</P +>, 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 <A +HREF="UNIX_INSTALL.html" +TARGET="_top" +>UNIX_INSTALL.html</A +> + document for details.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT @@ -432,7 +453,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DT ><DD ><P ->This is the default location of the +>This is the default location of the <A HREF="smb.conf.5.html" TARGET="_top" @@ -441,41 +462,38 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >smb.conf</TT ></A > - server configuration file. Other common places that systems + server configuration file. Other common places that systems install this file are <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</TT -> +> and <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/smb.conf</TT >.</P ><P ->When run as a WINS server (see the +>When run as a WINS server (see the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport" +HREF="smb.conf.5.html#WINSSUPPORT" TARGET="_top" >wins support</A > - parameter in the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html" -TARGET="_top" -><TT + parameter in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" -> smb.conf(5)</TT -></A -> man page), <B +>smb.conf(5)</TT +> man page), + <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> +> will store the WINS database in the file <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >wins.dat</TT -> +> in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >var/locks</TT -> directory configured under +> directory configured under wherever Samba was configured to install itself.</P ><P >If <B @@ -484,21 +502,18 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > is acting as a <EM > browse master</EM > (see the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#localmaster" +HREF="smb.conf.5.html#LOCALMASTER" TARGET="_top" >local master</A > - parameter in the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html" -TARGET="_top" -><TT + parameter in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" -> smb.conf(5)</TT -></A -> man page), <B +>smb.conf(5)</TT +> man page, + <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> +> will store the browsing database in the file <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >browse.dat @@ -516,7 +531,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN171" +NAME="AEN177" ></A ><H2 >SIGNALS</H2 @@ -524,21 +539,21 @@ NAME="AEN171" >To shut down an <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> process it is recommended +> process it is recommended that SIGKILL (-9) <EM >NOT</EM -> be used, except as a last - resort, as this may leave the name database in an inconsistent state. +> be used, except as a last + resort, as this may leave the name database in an inconsistent state. The correct way to terminate <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> is to send it +> is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.</P ><P ><B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B -> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause +> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause it to dump out its namelists into the file <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >namelist.debug @@ -546,12 +561,12 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" > in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/local/samba/var/locks</TT -> +> directory (or the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >var/locks</TT -> directory configured - under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also +> directory configured + under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also cause <B CLASS="COMMAND" >nmbd</B @@ -577,7 +592,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN187" +NAME="AEN193" ></A ><H2 >VERSION</H2 @@ -588,7 +603,7 @@ NAME="AEN187" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN190" +NAME="AEN196" ></A ><H2 >SEE ALSO</H2 @@ -653,7 +668,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN207" +NAME="AEN213" ></A ><H2 >AUTHOR</H2 |