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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-10-17 16:50:31 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:47:09 -0500
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Fix for bug #2692 - Do not use NetBIOS name PIPE.
(This used to be commit ed5d54407177b26a3436e76bc2b37801bbdd6fac)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml
index e3b1b57366..3e00bf16b9 100644
--- a/docs/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml
+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba
- server is known. By default it is the same as the first component
- of the host's DNS name. If a machine is a browse server or
- logon server this name (or the first component
- of the hosts DNS name) will be the name that these services are
- advertised under.</para>
+ <para>
+ This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba server is known. By default it is the same as the first component
+ of the host's DNS name. If a machine is a browse server or logon server this name (or the first component of
+ the hosts DNS name) will be the name that these services are advertised under.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ There is a bug in Samba-3 that breaks operation of browsing and access to shares if the netbios name
+ is set to the literal name <literal>PIPE</literal>. To avoid this problem, do not name your Samba-3
+ server <literal>PIPE</literal>.
+ </para>
</description>
<related>netbios aliases</related>