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| 3 | .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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| 4 | .\" Date: 08/25/2008
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| 5 | .\" Manual: System Administration tools
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| 6 | .\" Source: Samba 3.0
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| 7 | .\"
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| 8 | .TH "NMBD" "8" "08/25/2008" "Samba 3\.0" "System Administration tools"
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| 13 | .SH "NAME"
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| 14 | nmbd - NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients
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| 15 | .SH "SYNOPSIS"
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| 16 | .HP 1
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| 17 | nmbd [\-D] [\-F] [\-S] [\-a] [\-i] [\-o] [\-h] [\-V] [\-d\ <debug\ level>] [\-H\ <lmhosts\ file>] [\-l\ <log\ directory>] [\-p\ <port\ number>] [\-s\ <configuration\ file>]
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| 18 | .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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| 19 | .PP
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| 20 | This program is part of the
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| 21 | \fBsamba\fR(7)
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| 22 | suite\.
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| 23 | .PP
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| 24 | nmbd
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| 25 | is a server that understands and can reply to NetBIOS over IP name service requests, like those produced by SMB/CIFS clients such as Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients\. It also participates in the browsing protocols which make up the Windows "Network Neighborhood" view\.
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| 26 | .PP
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| 27 | SMB/CIFS clients, when they start up, may wish to locate an SMB/CIFS server\. That is, they wish to know what IP number a specified host is using\.
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| 28 | .PP
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| 29 | Amongst other services,
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| 30 | nmbd
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| 31 | will listen for such requests, and if its own NetBIOS name is specified it will respond with the IP number of the host it is running on\. Its "own NetBIOS name" is by default the primary DNS name of the host it is running on, but this can be overridden by the
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| 32 | \fInetbios name\fR
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| 33 | in
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| 34 | \fIsmb\.conf\fR\. Thus
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| 35 | nmbd
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| 36 | will reply to broadcast queries for its own name(s)\. Additional names for
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| 37 | nmbd
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| 38 | to respond on can be set via parameters in the
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| 39 | \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
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| 40 | configuration file\.
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| 41 | .PP
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| 42 | nmbd
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| 43 | can also be used as a WINS (Windows Internet Name Server) server\. What this basically means is that it will act as a WINS database server, creating a database from name registration requests that it receives and replying to queries from clients for these names\.
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| 44 | .PP
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| 45 | In addition,
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