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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b85d060 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/nameresolveorder.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<samba:parameter name="name resolve order" + context="G" + type="cmdlist" + handler="handle_name_resolve_order" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba + suite to determine what naming services to use and in what order + to resolve host names to IP addresses. Its main purpose to is to + control how netbios name resolution is performed. The option takes a space + separated string of name resolution options.</para> + + <para>The options are: "lmhosts", "host", + "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be + resolved as follows:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <constant>lmhosts</constant> : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has + no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the manpage for lmhosts for details) then + any name type matches for lookup. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <constant>host</constant> : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system + <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/hosts </filename> or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is + operating system depended for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the <filename + moreinfo="none">/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file. Note that this method is used only if the NetBIOS name + type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type or 0x1c (domain controllers). The latter case is only + useful for active directory domains and results in a DNS query for the SRV RR entry matching + _ldap._tcp.domain. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><constant>wins</constant> : Query a name with + the IP address listed in the <smbconfoption name="WINSSERVER"><parameter moreinfo="none"> + wins server</parameter></smbconfoption> parameter. If no WINS server has + been specified this method will be ignored.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><constant>bcast</constant> : Do a broadcast on + each of the known local interfaces listed in the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> + parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution + methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally + connected subnet.</para> + </listitem> +</itemizedlist> + + <para>The example below will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined + first, followed by a broadcast attempt, followed by a normal + system hostname lookup.</para> + + <para>When Samba is functioning in ADS security mode (<command moreinfo="none">security = ads</command>) + it is advised to use following settings for <parameter moreinfo="none">name resolve order</parameter>:</para> + + <para><command moreinfo="none">name resolve order = wins bcast</command></para> + + <para>DC lookups will still be done via DNS, but fallbacks to netbios names will + not inundate your DNS servers with needless queries for DOMAIN<0x1c> lookups.</para> + +</description> + +<value type="default">lmhosts wins host bcast</value> +<value type="example">lmhosts bcast host</value> +</samba:parameter> |