On 2/1/07, Volker Lendecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 02:30:15PM -0500, Rishi Srivatsavai wrote: > >> I don't see what this offers over the old server announcement > >> datagrams used as part of network browsing. Or are you just > >> trying to provide the same functionality without NetBIOS? > >> (e.g. over port 445) > > > >It's a more modern way of doing the same thing. Anything > >that allows me to stop maintaining nmbd is a goodness as > >far as I'm concerned :-). > > > > This support will be added in smbd. smbd will advertise "browseable" shares > via mDNS. It should only complement the NetBIOS functionality provided by > nmbd. Quick reading about mDNS (correct me if I'm wrong) this would mean that you want smbd to listen on UDP port 5353. With the events system in SAMBA_3_0 this will be easier than it used to be, but I'm not certain this is a good idea. Traditionally in Samba3 it was nmbd who was responsible for the UDP-based services.
No, smbd will not be directly listening in/participating in the protocol. I plan on using the mDNSResponder code from Apple (available on multiple platforms) which includes a library (libdns_sd) and a mDNS daemon that performs the needed DNS operations via multicast on UDP port 5353. Applications advertise by using libdns_sd to issue advertisement requests and receive results via IPC with the mDNS daemon. I plan on modifying smbd to use libdns_sd and advertise shares on the network. Thanks, Rishi -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
