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diff --git a/doc/userguide/networking-with-windows.docbook b/doc/userguide/networking-with-windows.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 08d57e81e..000000000 --- a/doc/userguide/networking-with-windows.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,110 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="networking-with-windows"> -<sect1info> -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Gardner</firstname> -<surname>Bell</surname> -</author> -</authorgroup> -</sect1info> - - -<title>Networking With Windows</title> - -<para> This section is borrowed and modified from Alexander Neundorf's -README file on LISa.</para> - -<para>&tde; features two powerful servers called the Lan Information -Server (<application>LISa</application>) and Restricted Lan -Information Server (<application>resLISa</application>) which are used -to identify CIFS and other servers on your local network providing a -function similar to <quote>Network Neighbourhood</quote> in -&Microsoft; &Windows;.</para> - -<sect2 id="How-It-Works"> -<title>How It Works</title> - -<para>&lisa; only depends on the TCP/IP stack so samba configuration is not -required to make it work but the <ulink -url="http://www.samba.org">samba</ulink> package is a dependency. To find -hosts on your local network you set a range of IP-Addresses in your -configuration file that &lisa; will check. When you start the &lisa; daemon -it will send a <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc792.txt">ICMP</ulink>, -echo request message to all the IP addresses given in the configuration file -and await a response.</para> - -<note><para>The &lisa; daemon requires root privileges to open the socket, -but once the socket has been established root privileges are immediately -dropped.</para></note> - -<para>You can also execute &lisa; using <command>nmblookup -<option>"*"</option></command>.<note><para>If you do not have the -<command>nmblookup</command> program it can be found at <ulink -url="http://www.samba.org">http://www.samba.org</ulink> or through packages -provided by your distribution</para></note>. The samba command -<command>nmblookup <option>"*"</option></command> will send a broadcast -message to the attached network and any host that is running the -smb-services will send a reply stating that it is accepting -connections.</para> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="resLISa"> -<title><application>resLISa</application></title> - -<para>If your company network has very strict guidelines governing what -ports can and cannot be opened you will have to use &reslisa; to communicate -with other hosts on your network. Because &reslisa; cannot ping entire -networks or address ranges you will have to add each host by name to your -confiuration file. Currently you are able to add up to 64 hosts, and these -addresses are pingable.</para> - -<note><para>&reslisa; will only provide the information over a &UNIX; domain -socket, &ie; not over the network. The name of the socket is -<filename>/tmp/resLISa-<replaceable>YourLoginName</replaceable></filename>, -so &reslisa; can be safely run on the same machine by more than one -user.</para></note> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="configuration"> -<title>Configuration</title> - -<para>At startup &lisa; first parses the configuration file in the users -home directory under <filename>$<envar>HOME</envar>/.lisarc</filename>. If -this file does not exist &lisa; will then look for a system wide -confiuration located at <filename>/etc/lisarc</filename>. Now for a sample -example configuration file:</para> - -<programlisting> -PingAddresses = 192.168.100.0/255.255.255.0;192.168.100.10-192.168.199.19;192.168.200.1; -PingNames = my_host1;my_host2 #Hosts by name (required for <application>resLISa</application>) -AllowedAddresses = 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 -BroadcastNetwork = 192.168.100.0/255.255.255.0 -SearchUsingNmblookup = 1 #also try nmblookup -FirstWait = 30 #30 one-hundredth's of a second -SecondWait = -1 #Only try once -#SecondWait = 60 #Try twice and wait 0.6 seconds -UpdatePeriod = 300 #Update every 300 sec's -DeliverUnnamedHosts = 0 #Don't publish unnamed hosts -MaxPingsAtOnce = 256 #Send up to 256 ICMP echo requests at once -</programlisting> - -<para>&lisa; can also be configured graphically in the -<menuchoice><guimenuitem>&kcontrolcenter;</guimenuitem><guisubmenu>Internet -& Network</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Local Network Browsing</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice> item in the &kmenu;. However, to use this option &lisa; must -be started with the <option>-K</option> command line switch.</para> - -<!--TODO add a section explaining graphical configuration? --> - -<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> -<itemizedlist> -<title>Related Information</title> -<listitem><para>For a full list of command line switches and further -examples see the entire &lisa; manual by entering -<userinput>help:/lisa</userinput> in &konqueror;.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - - -</sect2> -</sect1> |