1<samba:parameter name="name resolve order" 2 context="G" 3 type="list" 4 advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1" 5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> 6<description> 7 <para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba 8 suite to determine what naming services to use and in what order 9 to resolve host names to IP addresses. Its main purpose to is to 10 control how netbios name resolution is performed. The option takes a space 11 separated string of name resolution options.</para> 12 13 <para>The options are: "lmhosts", "host", 14 "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be 15 resolved as follows:</para> 16 17 <itemizedlist> 18 <listitem> 19 <para> 20 <constant>lmhosts</constant> : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has 21 no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the manpage for lmhosts for details) then 22 any name type matches for lookup. 23 </para> 24 </listitem> 25 26 <listitem> 27 <para> 28 <constant>host</constant> : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system 29 <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/hosts </filename>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is 30 operating system depended for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the <filename 31 moreinfo="none">/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file. Note that this method is used only if the NetBIOS name 32 type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type or 0x1c (domain controllers). The latter case is only 33 useful for active directory domains and results in a DNS query for the SRV RR entry matching 34 _ldap._tcp.domain. 35 </para> 36 </listitem> 37 38 <listitem> 39 <para><constant>wins</constant> : Query a name with 40 the IP address listed in the <smbconfoption name="WINSSERVER"><parameter moreinfo="none"> 41 wins server</parameter></smbconfoption> parameter. If no WINS server has 42 been specified this method will be ignored.</para> 43 </listitem> 44 45 <listitem> 46 <para><constant>bcast</constant> : Do a broadcast on 47 each of the known local interfaces listed in the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> 48 parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution 49 methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally 50 connected subnet.</para> 51 </listitem> 52</itemizedlist> 53 54 <para>The example below will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined 55 first, followed by a broadcast attempt, followed by a normal 56 system hostname lookup.</para> 57 58 <para>When Samba is functioning in ADS security mode (<command moreinfo="none">security = ads</command>) 59 it is advised to use following settings for <parameter moreinfo="none">name resolve order</parameter>:</para> 60 61 <para><command moreinfo="none">name resolve order = wins bcast</command></para> 62 63 <para>DC lookups will still be done via DNS, but fallbacks to netbios names will 64 not inundate your DNS servers with needless querys for DOMAIN<0x1c> lookups.</para> 65 66</description> 67 68<value type="default">lmhosts host wins bcast</value> 69<value type="example">lmhosts bcast host</value> 70</samba:parameter> 71