node status flags -- where are they documented?

[Christopher R. Hertel]

> "Esh, Andrew" wrote:
> 
> Yes, exactly. Here's a page that documents those name resolution
> methods:
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q119493

See also http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/NetBIOS.html

;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Langasek [mailto:vorlon at netexpress.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:11 PM
> To: Derrell.Lipman at UnwiredUniverse.com
> Cc: samba-technical at samba.org
> Subject: Re: node status flags -- where are they documented?
> 
> On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:46:15AM -0400,
> Derrell.Lipman at UnwiredUniverse.com wrote:
> > I am modifying nmblookup to provide an easily script-parsable output
> format.
> > I'd like to (at least marginally) document the output, but I can't
> locate
> > anyplace that describes what the node status flag bits actually
> mean.  The CVS
> > version nmblookup displays single letters for representing four of
> the bits.
> > What do these mean?
> 
> >                 fstrcat(ret, (flags & 0x80) ? "<GROUP> " : "
> ");
> >                 if ((flags & 0x60) == 0x00) fstrcat(ret,"B ");
> >                 if ((flags & 0x60) == 0x20) fstrcat(ret,"P ");
> >                 if ((flags & 0x60) == 0x40) fstrcat(ret,"M ");
> >                 if ((flags & 0x60) == 0x60) fstrcat(ret,"H ");
> 
> > What do B, P, M, and H stand for?
> 
> Broadcast, Point-To-Point, Multicast, and Hybrid?
> 
> Steve Langasek
> postmodern programmer

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