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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0436898 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<samba:parameter name="remote announce" + context="G" + type="string" + substitution="1" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para> + This option allows you to setup <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to periodically announce itself + to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name. + </para> + + <para> + 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. + </para> + + <para> + For example: +<programlisting> +<command moreinfo="none">remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF</command> +</programlisting> + the above line would cause <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> 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 <smbconfoption name="workgroup"/> parameter + is used instead. + </para> + + <para> + 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. + </para> + + <para> + See the chapter on Network Browsing in the Samba-HOWTO book. + </para> +</description> + +<value type="default"></value> +</samba:parameter> |