samba - May 2007 - _really_ disable netbios

I have disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on our network, both for
Windows and for Samba hosts.

Samba hosts have these directives in their smb.conf

disable netbios = yes
smb ports = 445

But I still see NetBIOS broadcasts and responses coming from Samba hosts,
probably because they are still running nmbd.

Can I just shut nmbd down or does it still have use?

Thanks,
Pim

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 08:24:37PM +0200, Pim Zandbergen
wrote:
> I have disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on our network, both for
> Windows and for Samba hosts.
> 
> Samba hosts have these directives in their smb.conf
> 
> disable netbios = yes
> smb ports = 445
> 
> But I still see NetBIOS broadcasts and responses coming from Samba hosts,
> probably because they are still running nmbd.
> 
> Can I just shut nmbd down or does it still have use?
No, if everything is in DNS just shut it down.

Pim Zandbergen escribi?:
> I have disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on our network, both for
> Windows and for Samba hosts.
> 
> Samba hosts have these directives in their smb.conf
> 
> disable netbios = yes
> smb ports = 445
> 
> But I still see NetBIOS broadcasts and responses coming from Samba hosts,
> probably because they are still running nmbd.
> 
> Can I just shut nmbd down or does it still have use?
That's an interesting setup...

What's the point of not using netbios? any advantage in terms of speed or
browsing
facilities?

Are you using WINS?