[Samba] Minimal configuration for Name Service

Thiago Crepaldi thiago at thiagocrepaldi.com
Wed Feb 26 13:37:52 MST 2014


It is an older version, but I will check on default values.
Thanks


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Marc Muehlfeld <samba at marc-muehlfeld.de>wrote:

> All your additional parameters can be omitted, as they have no effect. If
> you have a look at the smb.conf man page:
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> Am 26.02.2014 20:29, schrieb Thiago Crepaldi:
>
>  I believe your configuration works well. I was wondering if
>>
>>          available=no
>>
>
> This is a share option. If not set on a share - and you don't have one in
> that minimal config - it has no effect.
>
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>           name resolve order = hosts
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>
> "This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine what
> naming services to use and in what order to resolve host names to IP
> addresses. Its main purpose to is to control how netbios name resolution is
> performed."
>
> I think this doesn't have an effect to connecting clients machines.
>
>
>
>           wins support = no
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>
> Default: wins support = no
> so can be omitted.
>
>
>           wins proxy = no
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> Default: wins proxy = no
> so can be omitted.
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>
>           dns proxy = no
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>
> "Specifies that nmbd(8) when acting as a WINS server and finding that a
> NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the NetBIOS name
> word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server for that
> name on behalf of the name-querying client."
>
> As "win support" default is "no", it does not act as a WINS server and
> this option is also not important.
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> All this information are based on 4.1.5. Maybe if you use an older
> version, make sure, that the defaults are there the same.
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>
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>
>


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Thiago


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