docs/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml

   1 <samba:parameter name="remote announce"
   2                  context="G"
   3                  advanced="1" developer="1"
   4                  type="list"
   5                  xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
   6 <description>
   7         <para>This option allows you to setup <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
   8         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>to periodically announce itself
   9         to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name.</para>
  10
  11         <para>This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear
  12         in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse propagation
  13         rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you
  14         can send IP packets to.</para>
  15
  16         <para>For example:</para>
  17
  18         <para><command moreinfo="none">remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS
  19         192.168.4.255/STAFF</command></para>
  20
  21         <para>the above line would cause <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to announce itself
  22         to the two given IP addresses using the given workgroup names.
  23         If you leave out the workgroup name then the one given in
  24         the <link linkend="WORKGROUP"><parameter moreinfo="none">workgroup</parameter></link>
  25         parameter is used instead.</para>
  26
  27         <para>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast
  28         addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses
  29         of known browse masters if your network config is that stable.</para>
  30
  31 <para>See <link linkend="NetworkBrowsing"/>.</para>
  32 </description>
  33
  34 <value type="default"></value>
  35 </samba:parameter>