svn commit: samba-docs r571 - in trunk/manpages-3: .

jht at samba.org jht at samba.org
Fri May 20 22:23:20 GMT 2005


Author: jht
Date: 2005-05-20 22:23:20 +0000 (Fri, 20 May 2005)
New Revision: 571

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-docs&rev=571

Log:
Fixup based on info from Derrell.
Modified:
   trunk/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml	2005-05-20 21:31:37 UTC (rev 570)
+++ trunk/manpages-3/libsmbclient.8.xml	2005-05-20 22:23:20 UTC (rev 571)
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
 
 	<para>
 	<command>libsmbclient</command> is a library toolset that permits applications
-	to benefit from code that is used in the <command>smbclient</command> utility,
-	so that the resulting application will be able to browse CIFS/SMB network resources.
+	to browse CIFS/SMB network resources.
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
@@ -62,14 +61,14 @@
 
 			<para>
 			The method of locating the list of workgroups (domains also) varies depending on the setting of
-			the context variable <literal>(context-&gt;options.browse_max_lmb_count)</literal> within the
-			library source code. This is a compile-time option. This value determines the maximum number of
-			local master browsers to query for the list of workgroups.  In order to ensure that the list is
-			complete for those present on the network, all master browsers must be querried. If there are a
-			large number of workgroups on the network, the time spent querying will be significant. For small
-			networks (just a few workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient
-			to query all local master browsers. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable
-			setting may be around 3.
+			the context variable <literal>(context-&gt;options.browse_max_lmb_count)</literal>. It is the
+			responsibility of the application that calls this library to set this to a sensible value.  This
+			is a compile-time option. This value determines the maximum number of local master browsers to
+			query for the list of workgroups.  In order to ensure that the list is complete for those present
+			on the network, all master browsers must be querried. If there are a large number of workgroups
+			on the network, the time spent querying will be significant. For small networks (just a few
+			workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient to query all local
+			master browsers. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3.
 			</para></listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
 



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