We are running a Sequent unix database server that uses smbclient to print through the NT servers. Our network has mulitple sites connected via frame relay. Now the problem; we have been attempting to tune the network to improve database response. And would like to have the smbclient bind to a second IP address on our Sequent box so we can prioritize traffic based upon the source IP address. Will smbclient support this ? Does anyone want this ? I could hack the code to add it, but don't want to create a non-standard smbclient that I would have to support. Jeff Foster. jfoste@wgc.woodward.com
> We are running a Sequent unix database server that uses smbclient to print through the NT servers. Our network > has mulitple sites connected via frame relay. Now the problem; we have been attempting to tune the network to > improve database response. And would like to have the smbclient bind to a second IP address on our Sequent box > so we can prioritize traffic based upon the source IP address. Will smbclient support this ? Does anyone want > this ? I could hack the code to add it, but don't want to create a non-standard smbclient that I would have to > support.Hi I guess the "Interfaces" option in smb.conf does the trick. This will however also let smbd and nmbd bind to the addresse(s) given there. If you don?t want this, you have to use a separate smb.conf for them. Greetings, Florian Pflug
> Subject: Re: Smbclient bind to IP > Message-ID: <19981203160729.A928@fgp.priv.at> > > > We are running a Sequent unix database server that uses smbclient to print through the NT servers. Our network > > has mulitple sites connected via frame relay. Now the problem; we have been attempting to tune the network to > > improve database response. And would like to have the smbclient bind to a second IP address on our Sequent box > > so we can prioritize traffic based upon the source IP address. Will smbclient support this ? Does anyone want > > this ? I could hack the code to add it, but don't want to create a non-standard smbclient that I would have to > > support. > Hi > > I guess the "Interfaces" option in smb.conf does the trick. This will > however also let smbd and nmbd bind to the addresse(s) given there. If you > don´t want this, you have to use a separate smb.conf for them. > > Greetings, Florian PflugThanks, that works for me. The only catch is that you can't specify a config file (smb.conf) on the command line; you have to use the default (usually /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf). So if you want different smb.conf files for nmbd/smbd and smbclient you will have modify the Makefiles or specify a different smb.conf on the nmbd/smbd command line. Jeff Foster