1 <samba:parameter name="bind interfaces only"
4 advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
7 <para>This global parameter allows the Samba admin
8 to limit what interfaces on a machine will serve SMB requests. It
9 affects file service <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
10 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and name service <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
11 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> in a slightly different ways.</para>
14 For name service it causes <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to bind to ports 137 and 138 on the
15 interfaces listed in the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> parameter. <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command>
16 also binds to the "all addresses" interface (0.0.0.0) on ports 137 and 138 for the purposes of
17 reading broadcast messages. If this option is not set then <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> will
18 service name requests on all of these sockets. If <smbconfoption name="bind interfaces only"/> is set then
19 <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> will check the source address of any packets coming in on the
20 broadcast sockets and discard any that don't match the broadcast addresses of the interfaces in the
21 <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> parameter list. As unicast packets are received on the other sockets it
22 allows <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to refuse to serve names to machines that send packets that
23 arrive through any interfaces not listed in the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> list. IP Source address
24 spoofing does defeat this simple check, however, so it must not be used seriously as a security feature for
25 <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command>.
29 For file service it causes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
30 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to bind only to the interface list given in the <smbconfoption
31 name="interfaces"/> parameter. This restricts the networks that <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will
32 serve, to packets coming in on those interfaces. Note that you should not use this parameter for machines that
33 are serving PPP or other intermittent or non-broadcast network interfaces as it will not cope with
34 non-permanent interfaces.
38 If <smbconfoption name="bind interfaces only"/> is set and the network address
39 <emphasis>127.0.0.1</emphasis> is not added to the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> parameter list
40 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
41 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> may not work as
42 expected due to the reasons covered below.
46 To change a users SMB password, the <command moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</command> by default connects to the
47 <emphasis>localhost - 127.0.0.1</emphasis> address as an SMB client to issue the password change request. If
48 <smbconfoption name="bind interfaces only"/> is set then unless the network address
49 <emphasis>127.0.0.1</emphasis> is added to the <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> parameter list then <command
50 moreinfo="none"> smbpasswd</command> will fail to connect in it's default mode. <command
51 moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</command> can be forced to use the primary IP interface of the local host by using
52 its <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> <parameter
53 moreinfo="none">-r <replaceable>remote machine</replaceable></parameter> parameter, with <replaceable>remote
54 machine</replaceable> set to the IP name of the primary interface of the local host.
58 The <command moreinfo="none">swat</command> status page tries to connect with <command
59 moreinfo="none">smbd</command> and <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> at the address
60 <emphasis>127.0.0.1</emphasis> to determine if they are running. Not adding <emphasis>127.0.0.1</emphasis>
61 will cause <command moreinfo="none"> smbd</command> and <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to always show
62 "not running" even if they really are. This can prevent <command moreinfo="none"> swat</command>
63 from starting/stopping/restarting <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> and <command
64 moreinfo="none">nmbd</command>.
68 <value type="default">no</value>