[Samba] Make nmbd bind to interfaces only

[Harry Jede]

Am 11.02.19 um 18:47 schrieb Nick Howitt via samba:
> Hi,
> I would like to have nmbd only bind to the interfaces specified in the 
> interfaces line of smb.conf, in the same way that smbd does. When 
> researching this I did come across a mailing list thread saying there 
> was no use case, but I think I have one.
>
> For many years ClearOS has been providing NT4 style domains and 
> unix-style shares. M$ upset the applecart last year with their 1803 
> update when joining NT4 domains got broken (it has since been fixed 
> since September '18, but I would assume the writing is on the wall for 
> NT4 domains).
>
> To get round the issue I loaded samba into docker using the 
> https://github.com/Fmstrat/samba-domain container. I wanted to 
> continue to use the ClearOS samba configuration (v4.7.1 and soon to 
> follow Centos to 4.8.3) for its file-sharing as a domain member. One 
> of the problems I had was that if the native ClearOS instance of samba 
> was started, the docker instance would refuse to start because of a 
> port clash.

You should start your container with a real ethernet adapter! Search for:

docker tap

or

docker tuntap

> To get round this for smbd was easy. All I had to do was bind to 
> interfaces only, but nmbd would not obey. For nmbd I had to set:
>
> nmbd bind explicit broadcast = yes
> socket address = 192.168.20.1
>
> This is sort of OK if I have one LAN interface, but ClearOS is, among 
> other things, a router/firewall and as such can have multiple LAN 
> and/or VLAN interfaces. Socket address can only have one IP address so 
> I can't get all LAN interfaces to bind to it. Is there a way round 
> this or does it make a reasonable use case for a modification request.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
>
>

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Harry Jede