source: branches/samba-3.2.x/docs-xml/smbdotconf/wins/dnsproxy.xml

Last change on this file was 203, checked in by Herwig Bauernfeind, 16 years ago

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1<samba:parameter name="dns proxy"
2 context="G"
3 type="boolean"
4 advanced="1" developer="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6<description>
7 <para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
8 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and
9 finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the
10 NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server
11 for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>
12
13 <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15
14 characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be
15 15 characters, maximum.</para>
16
17 <para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
18 DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking
19 action.</para>
20</description>
21
22<related>wins support</related>
23<value type="default">yes</value>
24</samba:parameter>
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