1 <samba:parameter name="interfaces"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This option allows you to override the default
7 network interfaces list that Samba will use for browsing, name
8 registration and other NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) traffic. By default Samba will query
9 the kernel for the list of all active interfaces and use any
10 interfaces except 127.0.0.1 that are broadcast capable.</para>
12 <para>The option takes a list of interface strings. Each string
13 can be in any of the following forms:</para>
16 <listitem><para>a network interface name (such as eth0).
17 This may include shell-like wildcards so eth* will match
18 any interface starting with the substring "eth"</para></listitem>
20 <listitem><para>an IP address. In this case the netmask is
21 determined from the list of interfaces obtained from the
22 kernel</para></listitem>
24 <listitem><para>an IP/mask pair. </para></listitem>
26 <listitem><para>a broadcast/mask pair.</para></listitem>
29 <para>The "mask" parameters can either be a bit length (such
30 as 24 for a C class network) or a full netmask in dotted
33 <para>The "IP" parameters above can either be a full dotted
34 decimal IP address or a hostname which will be looked up via
35 the OS's normal hostname resolution mechanisms.</para>
38 By default Samba enables all active interfaces that are broadcast capable
39 except the loopback adaptor (IP address 127.0.0.1).
43 The example below configures three network interfaces corresponding
44 to the eth0 device and IP addresses 192.168.2.10 and 192.168.3.10.
45 The netmasks of the latter two interfaces would be set to 255.255.255.0.
49 <related>bind interfaces only</related>
51 <value type="example">eth0 192.168.2.10/24 192.168.3.10/255.255.255.0</value>
53 <value type="default"/>