[Samba] _really_ disable netbios

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Pim Zandbergen escribió:

> I have disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on our network, both for
> Windows and for Samba hosts.
> 
> Samba hosts have these directives in their smb.conf
> 
> disable netbios = yes
> smb ports = 445
> 
> But I still see NetBIOS broadcasts and responses coming from Samba hosts,
> probably because they are still running nmbd.
> 
> Can I just shut nmbd down or does it still have use?

That's an interesting setup...

What's the point of not using netbios? any advantage in terms of speed or browsing 
facilities?

Are you using WINS?