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Import Samba 3.3 branch at 3.3.0 level docs-xml (psmedley's port)
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| 1 | <samba:parameter name="dns proxy"
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| 2 | context="G"
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| 3 | type="boolean"
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| 4 | advanced="1" developer="1"
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| 5 | xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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| 6 | <description>
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| 7 | <para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
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| 8 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and
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| 9 | finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the
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| 10 | NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server
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| 11 | for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15
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| 14 | characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be
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| 15 | 15 characters, maximum.</para>
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| 17 | <para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
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| 18 | DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking
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| 19 | action.</para>
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| 20 | </description>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <related>wins support</related>
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| 23 | <value type="default">yes</value>
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| 24 | </samba:parameter>
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