1 <samba:parameter name="dns proxy"
4 advanced="1" developer="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
7 <para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
8 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and
9 finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the
10 NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server
11 for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>
13 <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15
14 characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be
15 15 characters, maximum.</para>
17 <para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
18 DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking
22 <related>wins support</related>
23 <value type="default">yes</value>