netbios(ADMN)                                                  netbios(ADMN)


 Name

    netbios - NetBIOS startup/shutdown script

 Syntax

    /etc/netbios [ start | stop ]

 Description

    The /etc/netbios script is run to start or stop NetBIOS.  The argument
    (start or stop) specifies the action to be taken. When starting NetBIOS,
    /etc/netbios reads and exports configuration information to be used by
    the NetBIOS daemon, nbd(ADMN).  Certain parameters must be provided to
    /etc/netbios, from which all the information required by nbd will be
    determined.  /etc/netbios sources the file /etc/default/nbconf, which
    should set the following environment variables:

    NBSCOPE       NetBIOS scope name string (fully-qualified domain name
                   string, e.g. i88.isc.com; NetBIOS names are qualified by
                   this domain name)

    NBDFLTNCB     Default maximum number of pending NetBIOS Control Blocks
                   (NCBs) per NetBIOS user environment

    NBDFLTSSN     Default maximum number of active sessions per NetBIOS user
                   environment

    NBMAXNAME     Maximum number of names a user may register

    NBMAXNCB      Limit on the allowed number of NCBs configured

    NBMAXSSN      Limit on the allowed number of sessions configured

    The environment variables NBADDR, NBBROADCAST, and NBMAXPKT, which are
    required by /etc/nbd, are derived from the environment.  These default
    settings may be overridden by explicitly setting any of these variables
    in /etc/default/nbconf (e.g., NBBROADCAST could be set to a multicast
    address).

    The following is a sample /etc/default/nbconf file:

       #   @(#)nbconf  1.4 SCO NetBIOS source
       #
       #       Copyright 1993 Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
       #
       NB_SCOPE=i88.isc.com
       NB_DFLTNCB=16
       NB_DFLTSSN=4
       NB_MAXNAME=16
       NB_MAXNCB=16
       NB_MAXSSN=8
       export NB_DFLTNCB NB_DFLTSSN NB_MAXNAME NB_MAXNCB NB_MAXSSN

 Files

    /etc/default/nbconf     NetBIOS configuration file

 See also

    nbd(ADMN) and netbios(ADMP).