netbios(ADMN)
netbios --
NetBIOS startup/shutdown script
Syntax
/etc/netbios [ start | stop ]
Description
The /etc/netbios script starts or stops NetBIOS.
The argument (start or stop)
specifies the action to be taken. When starting NetBIOS,
netbios reads and exports configuration
information to be used by the NetBIOS daemon,
nbd(ADMN).
If the /etc/lmhosts file exists, the script also calls
dlnbhosts(ADMN)
which adds all remote host entries
in /etc/lmhosts to the internal NetBIOS host table.
Certain parameters must be provided to
netbios, from which all the information
required by nbd will be determined.
netbios sources the file
/etc/default/nbconf, which should set the
following environment variables:
NB_ADDR-
Internet address of interface to be used (in dot notation).
NB_BROADCAST-
Internet broadcast address to use (in dot notation).
NB_DFLTNCB-
Default maximum number of pending NetBIOS Control Blocks
(NCBs) per NetBIOS user environment.
NB_DFLTSSN-
Default maximum number of active sessions per NetBIOS user environment.
NB_HOST-
Hostname corresponding to the interface to be used.
NB_KPALIVE-
Time in seconds to enable keep alive messages.
If set to -1, no keep alive messages will be used.
If set to zero, keep alive messages will be enabled
for the default idle time.
NB_MAXNAME-
Maximum number of names a user may register.
NB_MAXNCB-
Maximum number of NCBs that may be configured.
NB_MAXPKT-
Maximum IP datagram size to avoid fragmentation.
NB_MAXSSN-
Maximum number of sessions that may be configured.
NB_SCOPE-
NetBIOS scope name string (fully-qualified domain name
string, for example, i99.sic.com; NetBIOS names are qualified by this
domain name).
The environment variables NB_ADDR,
NB_BROADCAST, and NB_MAXPKT, which are
required by /etc/nbd, are derived from the
environment. These values may be overridden by
explicitly setting any of these variables in
/etc/default/nbconf (for example, NB_BROADCAST
could be set to a multicast address).
The following is a sample /etc/default/nbconf file:
# @(#)nbconf 1.4 SCO NetBIOS source
#
# Copyright 1995 Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
#
NB_SCOPE=i99.sic.com
NB_DFLTNCB=16
NB_DFLTSSN=4
NB_MAXNAME=16
NB_MAXNCB=16
NB_MAXSSN=8
NB_KPALIVE=0
export NB_DFLTNCB NB_DFLTSSN NB_MAXNAME NB_MAXNCB NB_MAXSSN NB_KPALIVE
Files
/etc/default/nbconf-
NetBIOS configuration file
/etc/lmhosts-
NetBIOS remote hosts file
See also
dlnbhosts(ADMN),
lmhosts(SFF),
nbd(ADMN),
netbios(ADMP)
© 2003 Caldera International, Inc. All rights reserved.
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003