File Formats and Conventions                           LMHOSTS(4)



NAME
     lmhosts - The Samba NetBIOS hosts file

SYNOPSIS
     lmhosts is the samba(7) NetBIOS name to IP address mapping
     file.

DESCRIPTION
     This file is part of the samba(7) suite.

     lmhosts is the Samba NetBIOS name to IP address mapping
     file. It is very similar to the /etc/hosts file format,
     except that the hostname component must correspond to the
     NetBIOS naming format.

FILE FORMAT
     It is an ASCI file containing one line for NetBIOS name.
     The two fields on each line are separated from each other by
     white space. Any entry beginning with '#' is ignored. Each
     line in the lmhosts file contains the following information:

     ]o   IP Address - in dotted decimal format.

     ]o   NetBIOS Name - This name format is a maximum fifteen
         character host name, with an optional trailing '#'
         character followed by the NetBIOS name type as two
         hexadecimal digits.

         If the trailing '#' is omitted then the given IP address
         will be returned for all names that match the given
         name, whatever the NetBIOS name type in the lookup.


     An example follows:

         #
         # Sample Samba lmhosts file.
         #
         192.9.200.1    TESTPC
         192.9.200.20   NTSERVER#20
         192.9.200.21   SAMBASERVER

     Contains three IP to NetBIOS name mappings. The first and
     third will be returned for any queries for the names
     "TESTPC" and "SAMBASERVER" respectively, whatever the type
     component of the NetBIOS name requested.

     The second mapping will be returned only when the "0x20"
     name type for a name "NTSERVER" is queried. Any other name
     type will not be resolved.





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     The default location of the lmhosts file is in the same
     directory as the smb.conf(4) file.

FILES
     lmhosts is loaded from the configuration directory. This is
     usually /etc/samba or /usr/local/samba/lib.

VERSION
     This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO
     smbclient(1), smb.conf(4), and smbpasswd(1M)

AUTHOR
     The original Samba software and related utilities were
     created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
     Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
     Linux kernel is developed.

     The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The
     man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
     excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
     ftp:/ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba
     2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
     Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to
     DocBook XML 4.2 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE       ATRIBUTE VALUE   
    
     Availability         SUNWsmbar, SUNWsmbau
    
     Interface Stability  External            
    

NOTES
     Source for Samba is available on http:/opensolaris.org.

     Samba(7) delivers the set of four SMF(5) services as can be
     seen from the following example:

          $ svcs samba wins winbind swat
         STATE          STIME    FMRI
         disabled       Apr21   svc:/network/samba:default
         disabled       Apr21   svc:/network/winbind:default
         disabled       Apr21   svc:/network/wins:default
         disabled       Apr21   svc:/network/swat:default




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     where the services are:

      "samba"
         runs the smbd daemon managing the CIFS sessions

      "wins"
         runs the nmbd daemon enabling the browsing (WINS)

      "winbind"
         runs the winbindd daemon making the domain idmap

      "swat"
         Samba Web Administration Tool is a service providing
         access to browser-based Samba administration interface
         and on-line documentation.  The service runs on software
         loopback network interface on port 901/tcp, i.e. opening
         "http:/localhost:901/" in browser will access the SWAT
         service on local machine.

     Please note: SWAT uses HTP Basic Authentication scheme
     where user name and passwords are sent over the network in
     clear text. In the SWAT case the user name is root.
     Transferring such sensitive data is advisable only on the
     software loopback network interface or over secure networks.































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