[Samba] Samba 2.2.2 and ScopeID

Jay Ts jay at jayts.cx
Fri Oct 25 18:05:01 GMT 2002


Jean-Serge Gagnon wrote:
>     I have a client that was using a scope ID with 1.9.x and when we
> upgraded to 2.2.2, the "-i" option no longer worked. I also can't find
> any reference to "netbios scope" in the smb.conf man page. I noticed
> smbclient still has it as an option.
>  
>     I don't particularly like scope IDs, so I already know not to use
> them, but what's the status of it?

Out of curiousity, is there any kind of reason why the scope ID
is in use?  I was under the impression that scope IDs have been
universally out of use for many years now.

Is it impossible to reconfigure the client to not use a scope ID?

Jay Ts



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