


     LLLLMMMMHHHHOOOOSSSSTTTTSSSS((((5555))))      UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((00003333 SSSSeeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2222000000002222))))      LLLLMMMMHHHHOOOOSSSSTTTTSSSS((((5555))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
          lmhosts - The Samba NetBIOS hosts file

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
          _l_m_h_o_s_t_s is the  Samba NetBIOS name to IP address mapping
          file.

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
          This file is part of the  Samba suite.

          _l_m_h_o_s_t_s is the SSSSaaaammmmbbbbaaaa NetBIOS name to IP address mapping
          file. It is very similar to the /_e_t_c/_h_o_s_t_s file format,
          except that the hostname component must correspond to the
          NetBIOS naming format.

     FFFFIIIILLLLEEEE FFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAATTTT
          It is an ASCII file containing one line for NetBIOS name.
          The two fields on each line are separated from each other by
          white space. Any entry beginning with '#' is ignored. Each
          line in the lmhosts file contains the following information
          :

          o+ IP Address - in dotted decimal format.

          o+ NetBIOS Name - This name format is a maximum fifteen
            character host name, with an optional trailing '#'
            character followed by the NetBIOS name type as two
            hexadecimal digits.

            If the trailing '#' is omitted then the given IP address
            will be returned for all names that match the given name,
            whatever the NetBIOS name type in the lookup.

          An example follows :

          #
          # Sample Samba lmhosts file.
          #
          192.9.200.1    TESTPC
          192.9.200.20   NTSERVER#20
          192.9.200.21   SAMBASERVER



          Contains three IP to NetBIOS name mappings. The first and
          third will be returned for any queries for the names
          "TESTPC" and "SAMBASERVER" respectively, whatever the type
          component of the NetBIOS name requested.

          The second mapping will be returned only when the "0x20"
          name type for a name "NTSERVER" is queried. Any other name
          type will not be resolved.



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          The default location of the _l_m_h_o_s_t_s file is in the same
          directory as the smb.conf(5)> file.

     VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN
          This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
          ssssmmmmbbbbcccclllliiiieeeennnntttt((((1111))))
           and  ssssmmmmbbbbppppaaaasssssssswwwwdddd((((8888))))

     AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
          The original Samba software and related utilities were
          created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
          Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
          Linux kernel is developed.

          The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The
          man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
          excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
          ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
          <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the
          Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to
          DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter
































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