From f95fb5fe3941a0ef916ac85c6ccf4aecf17aaf39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:33:44 +0000 Subject: large sync up with 2.2 (This used to be commit 96523293da19df201703fed6130f1ff9ba25324b) --- docs/manpages/smbd.8 | 36 ++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/manpages/smbd.8') diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbd.8 b/docs/manpages/smbd.8 index 3b180b4d1f..e0a3c7a2b3 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbd.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbd.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng . -.TH "SMBD" "8" "23 February 2001" "" "" +.TH SMBD 8 "24 Mar 2001" "smbd 2.2.0-alpha3" .SH NAME smbd \- server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ An extensive description of the services that the server can provide is given in the man page for the configuration file controlling the attributes of those services (see \fIsmb.conf(5) -\fR . This man page will not describe the +\fR. This man page will not describe the services, but will concentrate on the administrative aspects of running the server. .PP Please note that there are significant security -implications to running this server, and the \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR -manpage should be regarded as mandatory reading before +implications to running this server, and the \fIsmb.conf(5)\fRmanpage should be regarded as mandatory reading before proceeding with installation. .PP A session is created whenever a client requests one. @@ -103,21 +102,19 @@ data, most of which is extremely cryptic. Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log -level parameter in the \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR file. +levelfile. .TP \fB-l \fR If specified, \fBlog file\fR specifies a log filename into which informational and debug messages from the running server will be logged. The log file generated is never removed by the server although -its size may be controlled by the max log size -option in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fR file. The default log +its size may be controlled by the max log sizeoption in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfile. The default log file name is specified at compile time. .TP \fB-O \fR -See the socket options -parameter in the \fIsmb.conf(5) -\fR file for details. +See the socket optionsparameter in the \fIsmb.conf(5) +\fRfile for details. .TP \fB-p \fR port number is a positive integer @@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ configuration details required by the server. The information in this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions of all the services that the server is -to provide. See \fI smb.conf(5)\fR for more information. +to provide. See \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfor more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time. .SH "FILES" @@ -177,13 +174,12 @@ See the section INSTALLATION below. .TP \fB\fI/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fB\fR This is the default location of the -\fIsmb.conf\fR -server configuration file. Other common places that systems +\fIsmb.conf\fRserver configuration file. Other common places that systems install this file are \fI/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR and \fI/etc/smb.conf\fR. This file describes all the services the server -is to make available to clients. See \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR for more information. +is to make available to clients. See \fIsmb.conf(5)\fRfor more information. .SH "LIMITATIONS" .PP On some systems \fBsmbd\fR cannot change uid back @@ -315,10 +311,10 @@ need the assistance of your system administrator to modify the system files. .PP You will probably want to set up the NetBIOS name server -\fBnmbd\fR at +\fBnmbd\fRat the same time as \fBsmbd\fR. To do this refer to the man page for \fBnmbd(8)\fR - . +. .PP First, ensure that a port is configured in the file \fI/etc/services\fR. The well-known port 139 @@ -387,7 +383,7 @@ to the service \fI\\\\fred\\mary\fR. .PP To properly test and experiment with the server, we recommend using the \fBsmbclient\fR program (see -\fBsmbclient(1)\fR ) +\fBsmbclient(1)\fR) and also going through the steps outlined in the file \fIDIAGNOSIS.txt\fR in the \fIdocs/\fR directory of your Samba installation. @@ -439,10 +435,10 @@ them after, however this would affect performance. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP hosts_access(5), \fBinetd(8)\fR, -\fBnmbd(8)\fR , +\fBnmbd(8)\fR, \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR - , \fBsmbclient(1) -\fR , \fB testparm(1)\fR , \fBtestprns(1)\fR , and the Internet RFC's +, \fBsmbclient(1) +\fR, and the Internet RFC's \fIrfc1001.txt\fR, \fIrfc1002.txt\fR. In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available as a link from the Web page -- cgit