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Diffstat (limited to 'network/wsdd2/README')
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diff --git a/network/wsdd2/README b/network/wsdd2/README index f5e8736ab7..d164e3196a 100644 --- a/network/wsdd2/README +++ b/network/wsdd2/README @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ -wsdd2 (WSD/LLMNR Descovery/Name Service Daemon) +wsdd2 (WSD/LLMNR Discovery/Name Service Daemon) -Provides samba share descovery for clients who don't support netbios +Provides samba share discovery for clients who don't support netbios or are running ip6 (which netbios does not support). -Effectively this allows modern windows computers to find samba -shares, and allows you to avoid smb1/smb2 for which there are many -exploits in the wild. This is based on the NETGEAR implimentation. +This is based on the NETGEAR implimentation. NOTE: make sure you allow local ip6 connections in your samba config otherwise there will be no shares found. if you use "hosts allow" -then add fc00::/7 fe80::/64 ::1 +in smb.conf then add fc00::/7 fe80::/64 ::1 to the list of your local ip4 addresses so that local ip6 pcs can use your shares. -NOTE2: make sure ports 5357 (tcp) and 3702 (udp) are open if you -are using a firewall. +NOTE2: The following ports/addresses also need to be open if you are +using a firewall: +tcp port 3702 (unicast), and +udp ports 3702 ( multicast on ports 239.255.255.250 / ff02::c ) +tcp port 5355 (unicast), and +udp on ports 224.0.0.252 / ff02::1:3 (multicast) to get wsdd2 to run automatically on startup add the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local @@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ fi and to stop it on shutdown, add the following to samba section in /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown +#stop wsdd2 daemon if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wsdd2 ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.wsdd2 stop fi |