<samba:parameter name="dns proxy"
                 context="G"
                 advanced="1" developer="1"
                 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
<listitem>
	<para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and 
	finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the 
	NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server 
	for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>

	<para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 
	characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be 
	15 characters, maximum.</para>

	<para><command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
	DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking 
	action.</para>

	<para>See also the parameter <link linkend="WINSSUPPORT"><parameter moreinfo="none">
	wins support</parameter></link>.</para>

	<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">dns proxy = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>
