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+
 <html><head><title>smb.conf (5)</title>
 
 <link rev="made" href="mailto:samba@samba.org">
@@ -15,81 +16,80 @@
 <h2>Samba</h2>
 <h2>23 Oct 1998</h2>
 
-    
 
     
-<p><br><a name="NAME"></a>
+<p><a name="NAME"></a>
 <h2>NAME</h2>
     smb.conf - The configuration file for the Samba suite
-<p><br><a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
+<p><a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
      
-<p><br><strong>smb.conf</strong> The <strong>smb.conf</strong> file is a configuration file for the
+<p><strong>smb.conf</strong> The <strong>smb.conf</strong> file is a configuration file for the
 Samba suite. <strong>smb.conf</strong> contains runtime configuration information
 for the Samba programs. The <strong>smb.conf</strong> file is designed to be
 configured and administered by the <a href="swat.8.html"><strong>swat (8)</strong></a>
 program. The complete description of the file format and possible
 parameters held within are here for reference purposes.
-<p><br><a name="FILEFORMAT"></a>
+<p><a name="FILEFORMAT"></a>
 <h2>FILE FORMAT</h2>
     
-<p><br>The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with
+<p>The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with
 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the
 next section begins. Sections contain parameters of the form 
-<p><br><code>'name = value'</code>
-<p><br>The file is line-based - that is, each newline-terminated line
+<p><code>'name = value'</code>
+<p>The file is line-based - that is, each newline-terminated line
 represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter.
-<p><br>Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
-<p><br>Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Whitespace
+<p>Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
+<p>Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Whitespace
 before or after the first equals sign is discarded. Leading, trailing
 and internal whitespace in section and parameter names is
 irrelevant. Leading and trailing whitespace in a parameter value is
 discarded. Internal whitespace within a parameter value is retained
 verbatim.
-<p><br>Any line beginning with a semicolon (';') or a hash ('#') character is
+<p>Any line beginning with a semicolon (';') or a hash ('#') character is
 ignored, as are lines containing only whitespace.
-<p><br>Any line ending in a <code>'\'</code> is "continued" on the next line in the
+<p>Any line ending in a <code>'\'</code> is "continued" on the next line in the
 customary UNIX fashion.
-<p><br>The values following the equals sign in parameters are all either a
+<p>The values following the equals sign in parameters are all either a
 string (no quotes needed) or a boolean, which may be given as yes/no,
 0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, but is
 preserved in string values. Some items such as create modes are
 numeric.
-<p><br><a name="SECTIONDESCRIPTIONS"></a>
+<p><a name="SECTIONDESCRIPTIONS"></a>
 <h2>SECTION DESCRIPTIONS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Each section in the configuration file (except for the
+<p>Each section in the configuration file (except for the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section) describes a shared resource (known
 as a <em>"share"</em>). The section name is the name of the shared resource
 and the parameters within the section define the shares attributes.
-<p><br>There are three special sections, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a>,
+<p>There are three special sections, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a>, which are
 described under <a href="smb.conf.5.html#SPECIALSECTIONS"><strong>'special sections'</strong></a>. The
 following notes apply to ordinary section descriptions.
-<p><br>A share consists of a directory to which access is being given plus
+<p>A share consists of a directory to which access is being given plus
 a description of the access rights which are granted to the user of
 the service. Some housekeeping options are also specifiable.
-<p><br>Sections are either filespace services (used by the client as an
+<p>Sections are either filespace services (used by the client as an
 extension of their native file systems) or printable services (used by
 the client to access print services on the host running the server).
-<p><br>Sections may be designated <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest</strong></a> services, in which
+<p>Sections may be designated <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest</strong></a> services, in which
 case no password is required to access them. A specified UNIX
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>guest account</strong></a> is used to define access
 privileges in this case.
-<p><br>Sections other than guest services will require a password to access
+<p>Sections other than guest services will require a password to access
 them. The client provides the username. As older clients only provide
 passwords and not usernames, you may specify a list of usernames to
 check against the password using the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user="</strong></a> option in
 the share definition. For modern clients such as Windows 95/98 and
 Windows NT, this should not be necessary.
-<p><br>Note that the access rights granted by the server are masked by the
+<p>Note that the access rights granted by the server are masked by the
 access rights granted to the specified or guest UNIX user by the host
 system. The server does not grant more access than the host system
 grants.
-<p><br>The following sample section defines a file space share. The user has
+<p>The following sample section defines a file space share. The user has
 write access to the path <code>/home/bar</code>. The share is accessed via
 the share name "foo":
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
 
  	[foo]
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ the share name "foo":
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>The following sample section defines a printable share. The share
+<p>The following sample section defines a printable share. The share
 is readonly, but printable. That is, the only write access permitted
 is via calls to open, write to and close a spool file. The
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>'guest ok'</strong></a> parameter means access will be permitted
 as the default guest user (specified elsewhere):
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
  	[aprinter]
  		path = /usr/spool/public
@@ -114,72 +114,72 @@ as the default guest user (specified elsewhere):
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><a name="SPECIALSECTIONS"></a>
+<p><a name="SPECIALSECTIONS"></a>
 <h2>SPECIAL SECTIONS</h2>
     
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><a name="global"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>The [global] section</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Parameters in this section apply to the server as a whole, or are
+<p><dl>
+<p><a name="global"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>The [global] section</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Parameters in this section apply to the server as a whole, or are
 defaults for sections which do not specifically define certain
 items. See the notes under <a href="smb.conf.5.html#PARAMETERS"><strong>'PARAMETERS'</strong></a> for more
 information.
-<p><br><a name="homes"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>The [homes] section</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If a section called <code>'homes'</code> is included in the configuration file,
+<p><a name="homes"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>The [homes] section</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If a section called <code>'homes'</code> is included in the configuration file,
 services connecting clients to their home directories can be created
 on the fly by the server.
-<p><br>When the connection request is made, the existing sections are
+<p>When the connection request is made, the existing sections are
 scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If no match is found, the
 requested section name is treated as a user name and looked up in the
 local password file. If the name exists and the correct password has
 been given, a share is created by cloning the [homes] section.
-<p><br>Some modifications are then made to the newly created share:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > The share name is changed from <code>'homes'</code> to the located
+<p>Some modifications are then made to the newly created share:
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > The share name is changed from <code>'homes'</code> to the located
 username
-<p><br><li > If no path was given, the path is set to the user's home
+<p><li > If no path was given, the path is set to the user's home
 directory.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>If you decide to use a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path=</strong></a> line in your [homes]
+<p></dl>
+<p>If you decide to use a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path=</strong></a> line in your [homes]
 section then you may find it useful to use the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>%S</strong></a>
 macro. For example :
-<p><br><code>path=/data/pchome/%S</code>
-<p><br>would be useful if you have different home directories for your PCs
+<p><code>path=/data/pchome/%S</code>
+<p>would be useful if you have different home directories for your PCs
 than for UNIX access.
-<p><br>This is a fast and simple way to give a large number of clients access
+<p>This is a fast and simple way to give a large number of clients access
 to their home directories with a minimum of fuss.
-<p><br>A similar process occurs if the requested section name is <code>"homes"</code>,
+<p>A similar process occurs if the requested section name is <code>"homes"</code>,
 except that the share name is not changed to that of the requesting
 user. This method of using the [homes] section works well if different
 users share a client PC.
-<p><br>The [homes] section can specify all the parameters a normal service
+<p>The [homes] section can specify all the parameters a normal service
 section can specify, though some make more sense than others. The
 following is a typical and suitable [homes] section:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
  	[homes]
  		writeable = yes
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>An important point is that if guest access is specified in the [homes]
+<p>An important point is that if guest access is specified in the [homes]
 section, all home directories will be visible to all clients
 <strong>without a password</strong>. In the very unlikely event that this is
 actually desirable, it would be wise to also specify <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>read only
 access</strong></a>.
-<p><br>Note that the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a> flag for auto home
+<p>Note that the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a> flag for auto home
 directories will be inherited from the global browseable flag, not the
 [homes] browseable flag. This is useful as it means setting
 browseable=no in the [homes] section will hide the [homes] share but
 make any auto home directories visible.
-<p><br><a name="printers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>The [printers] section</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This section works like <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a>, but for printers.
-<p><br>If a <strong>[printers]</strong> section occurs in the configuration file, users are
+<p><a name="printers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>The [printers] section</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This section works like <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a>, but for printers.
+<p>If a <strong>[printers]</strong> section occurs in the configuration file, users are
 able to connect to any printer specified in the local host's printcap
 file.
-<p><br>When a connection request is made, the existing sections are
+<p>When a connection request is made, the existing sections are
 scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If no match is found, but a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a> section exists, it is used as described
 above. Otherwise, the requested section name is treated as a printer
@@ -187,20 +187,20 @@ name and the appropriate printcap file is scanned to see if the
 requested section name is a valid printer share name. If a match is
 found, a new printer share is created by cloning the <strong>[printers]</strong>
 section.
-<p><br>A few modifications are then made to the newly created share:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > The share name is set to the located printer name
-<p><br><li > If no printer name was given, the printer name is set to the
+<p>A few modifications are then made to the newly created share:
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > The share name is set to the located printer name
+<p><li > If no printer name was given, the printer name is set to the
 located printer name
-<p><br><li > If the share does not permit guest access and no username was
+<p><li > If the share does not permit guest access and no username was
 given, the username is set to the located printer name.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>Note that the <strong>[printers]</strong> service MUST be printable - if you specify
+<p></dl>
+<p>Note that the <strong>[printers]</strong> service MUST be printable - if you specify
 otherwise, the server will refuse to load the configuration file.
-<p><br>Typically the path specified would be that of a world-writeable spool
+<p>Typically the path specified would be that of a world-writeable spool
 directory with the sticky bit set on it. A typical <strong>[printers]</strong> entry
 would look like this:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
  	[printers]
  		path = /usr/spool/public
@@ -209,36 +209,36 @@ would look like this:
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>All aliases given for a printer in the printcap file are legitimate
+<p>All aliases given for a printer in the printcap file are legitimate
 printer names as far as the server is concerned. If your printing
 subsystem doesn't work like that, you will have to set up a
 pseudo-printcap. This is a file consisting of one or more lines like
 this:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
         alias|alias|alias|alias...    
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>Each alias should be an acceptable printer name for your printing
+<p>Each alias should be an acceptable printer name for your printing
 subsystem. In the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section, specify the new
 file as your printcap.  The server will then only recognize names
 found in your pseudo-printcap, which of course can contain whatever
 aliases you like. The same technique could be used simply to limit
 access to a subset of your local printers.
-<p><br>An alias, by the way, is defined as any component of the first entry
+<p>An alias, by the way, is defined as any component of the first entry
 of a printcap record. Records are separated by newlines, components
 (if there are more than one) are separated by vertical bar symbols
 ("|").
-<p><br>NOTE: On SYSV systems which use lpstat to determine what printers are
+<p>NOTE: On SYSV systems which use lpstat to determine what printers are
 defined on the system you may be able to use <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>"printcap name =
 lpstat"</strong></a> to automatically obtain a list of
 printers. See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>"printcap name"</strong></a> option for
 more details.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><a name="PARAMETERS"></a>
+<p></dl>
+<p><a name="PARAMETERS"></a>
 <h2>PARAMETERS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Parameters define the specific attributes of sections.
-<p><br>Some parameters are specific to the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section
+<p>Parameters define the specific attributes of sections.
+<p>Some parameters are specific to the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section
 (e.g., <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a>).  Some parameters are usable in
 all sections (e.g., <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>create mode</strong></a>). All others are
 permissible only in normal sections. For the purposes of the following
@@ -250,137 +250,137 @@ indicates that a parameter can be specified in a service specific
 section. Note that all <code>'S'</code> parameters can also be specified in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section - in which case they will define
 the default behavior for all services.
-<p><br>Parameters are arranged here in alphabetical order - this may not
+<p>Parameters are arranged here in alphabetical order - this may not
 create best bedfellows, but at least you can find them! Where there
 are synonyms, the preferred synonym is described, others refer to the
 preferred synonym.
-<p><br><a name="VARIABLESUBSTITUTIONS"></a>
+<p><a name="VARIABLESUBSTITUTIONS"></a>
 <h2>VARIABLE SUBSTITUTIONS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Many of the strings that are settable in the config file can take
+<p>Many of the strings that are settable in the config file can take
 substitutions. For example the option <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong><code>"path =
 /tmp/%u"</code></strong></a> would be interpreted as <code>"path = /tmp/john"</code> if
 the user connected with the username john.
-<p><br>These substitutions are mostly noted in the descriptions below, but
+<p>These substitutions are mostly noted in the descriptions below, but
 there are some general substitutions which apply whenever they might
 be relevant. These are:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><a name="percentS"></a> 
+<p><dl>
+<p><a name="percentS"></a> 
 <li > <strong>%S</strong> = the name of the current service, if any.
-<p><br><a name="percentP"></a>
+<p><a name="percentP"></a>
 <li > <strong>%P</strong> = the root directory of the current service, if any.
-<p><br><a name="percentu"></a>
+<p><a name="percentu"></a>
 <li > <strong>%u</strong> = user name of the current service, if any.
-<p><br><a name="percentg"></a>
+<p><a name="percentg"></a>
 <li > <strong>%g</strong> = primary group name of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="percentU"></a> 
+<p><a name="percentU"></a> 
 <li > <strong>%U</strong> = session user name (the user name that
 the client wanted, not necessarily the same as the one they got).
-<p><br><a name="percentG"></a>
+<p><a name="percentG"></a>
 <li > <strong>%G</strong> = primary group name of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentU"><strong>%U</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="percentH"></a>
+<p><a name="percentH"></a>
 <li > <strong>%H</strong> = the home directory of the user given by <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="percentv"></a>
+<p><a name="percentv"></a>
 <li > <strong>%v</strong> = the Samba version.
-<p><br><a name="percenth"></a>
+<p><a name="percenth"></a>
 <li > <strong>%h</strong> = the internet hostname that Samba is running on.
-<p><br><a name="percentm"></a>
+<p><a name="percentm"></a>
 <li > <strong>%m</strong> = the NetBIOS name of the client machine (very useful).
-<p><br><a name="percentL"></a>
+<p><a name="percentL"></a>
 <li > <strong>%L</strong> = the NetBIOS name of the server. This allows you to change your
 config based on what the client calls you. Your server can have a "dual
 personality".
-<p><br><a name="percentM"></a> 
+<p><a name="percentM"></a> 
 <li > <strong>%M</strong> = the internet name of the client machine.
-<p><br><a name="percentN"></a>
+<p><a name="percentN"></a>
 <li > <strong>%N</strong> = the name of your NIS home directory server.  This is
 obtained from your NIS auto.map entry.  If you have not compiled Samba
 with the <strong>--with-automount</strong> option then this value will be the same
 as <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentL"><strong>%L</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="percentp"></a>
+<p><a name="percentp"></a>
 <li > <strong>%p</strong> = the path of the service's home directory, obtained from your NIS
 auto.map entry. The NIS auto.map entry is split up as "%N:%p".
-<p><br><a name="percentR"></a> 
+<p><a name="percentR"></a> 
 <li > <strong>%R</strong> = the selected protocol level after protocol
 negotiation. It can be one of CORE, COREPLUS, LANMAN1, LANMAN2 or NT1.
-<p><br><a name="percentd"></a>
+<p><a name="percentd"></a>
 <li > <strong>%d</strong> = The process id of the current server process.
-<p><br><a name="percenta"></a> 
+<p><a name="percenta"></a> 
 <li > <strong>%a</strong> = the architecture of the remote
 machine. Only some are recognized, and those may not be 100%
 reliable. It currently recognizes Samba, WfWg, WinNT and
 Win95. Anything else will be known as "UNKNOWN". If it gets it wrong
 then sending a level 3 log to <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>
 should allow it to be fixed.
-<p><br><a name="percentI"></a>
+<p><a name="percentI"></a>
 <li > <strong>%I</strong> = The IP address of the client machine.
-<p><br><a name="percentT"></a>
+<p><a name="percentT"></a>
 <li > <strong>%T</strong> = the current date and time.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>There are some quite creative things that can be done with these
+<p></dl>
+<p>There are some quite creative things that can be done with these
 substitutions and other smb.conf options.
-<p><br><a name="NAMEMANGLING"></a>
+<p><a name="NAMEMANGLING"></a>
 <h2>NAME MANGLING</h2>
     
-<p><br>Samba supports <em>"name mangling"</em> so that DOS and Windows clients can
+<p>Samba supports <em>"name mangling"</em> so that DOS and Windows clients can
 use files that don't conform to the 8.3 format. It can also be set to
 adjust the case of 8.3 format filenames.
-<p><br>There are several options that control the way mangling is performed,
+<p>There are several options that control the way mangling is performed,
 and they are grouped here rather than listed separately. For the
 defaults look at the output of the testparm program.
-<p><br>All of these options can be set separately for each service (or
+<p>All of these options can be set separately for each service (or
 globally, of course).
-<p><br>The options are:
-<p><br><a name="manglecaseoption"></a>
+<p>The options are:
+<p><a name="manglecaseoption"></a>
 <strong>"mangle case = yes/no"</strong> controls if names that have characters that
 aren't of the "default" case are mangled. For example, if this is yes
 then a name like <code>"Mail"</code> would be mangled. Default <em>no</em>.
-<p><br><a name="casesensitiveoption"></a>
+<p><a name="casesensitiveoption"></a>
 <strong>"case sensitive = yes/no"</strong> controls whether filenames are case
 sensitive. If they aren't then Samba must do a filename search and
 match on passed names. Default <em>no</em>.
-<p><br><a name="defaultcaseoption"></a>
+<p><a name="defaultcaseoption"></a>
 <strong>"default case = upper/lower"</strong> controls what the default case is for new
 filenames. Default <em>lower</em>.
-<p><br><a name="preservecaseoption"></a>
+<p><a name="preservecaseoption"></a>
 <strong>"preserve case = yes/no"</strong> controls if new files are created with the
 case that the client passes, or if they are forced to be the <code>"default"</code>
 case. Default <em>Yes</em>.
-<p><br><a name="shortpreservecaseoption"></a>
-<p><br><strong>"short preserve case = yes/no"</strong> controls if new files which conform
+<p><a name="shortpreservecaseoption"></a>
+<p><strong>"short preserve case = yes/no"</strong> controls if new files which conform
 to 8.3 syntax, that is all in upper case and of suitable length, are
 created upper case, or if they are forced to be the <code>"default"</code>
 case. This option can be use with <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preservecaseoption"><strong>"preserve case =
 yes"</strong></a> to permit long filenames to retain their
 case, while short names are lowered. Default <em>Yes</em>.
-<p><br>By default, Samba 2.0 has the same semantics as a Windows NT
+<p>By default, Samba 2.0 has the same semantics as a Windows NT
 server, in that it is case insensitive but case preserving.
-<p><br><a name="NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"></a>
+<p><a name="NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"></a>
 <h2>NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</h2>
     
-<p><br>There are a number of ways in which a user can connect to a
+<p>There are a number of ways in which a user can connect to a
 service. The server follows the following steps in determining if it
 will allow a connection to a specified service. If all the steps fail
 then the connection request is rejected. If one of the steps pass then
 the following steps are not checked.
-<p><br>If the service is marked <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only = yes"</strong></a> then
+<p>If the service is marked <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only = yes"</strong></a> then
 steps 1 to 5 are skipped.
-<p><br><ol>
-<p><br><li> Step 1: If the client has passed a username/password pair and
+<p><ol>
+<p><li> Step 1: If the client has passed a username/password pair and
 that username/password pair is validated by the UNIX system's password
 programs then the connection is made as that username. Note that this
 includes the <code>\\server\service%username</code> method of passing a
 username.
-<p><br><li> Step 2: If the client has previously registered a username with
+<p><li> Step 2: If the client has previously registered a username with
 the system and now supplies a correct password for that username then
 the connection is allowed.
-<p><br><li> Step 3: The client's netbios name and any previously used user
+<p><li> Step 3: The client's netbios name and any previously used user
 names are checked against the supplied password, if they match then
 the connection is allowed as the corresponding user.
-<p><br><li> Step 4: If the client has previously validated a
+<p><li> Step 4: If the client has previously validated a
 username/password pair with the server and the client has passed the
 validation token then that username is used. 
-<p><br><li> Step 5: If a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user = "</strong></a> field is given in the
+<p><li> Step 5: If a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user = "</strong></a> field is given in the
 smb.conf file for the service and the client has supplied a password,
 and that password matches (according to the UNIX system's password
 checking) with one of the usernames from the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user=</strong></a>
@@ -388,318 +388,318 @@ field then the connection is made as the username in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user="</strong></a> line. If one of the username in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user=</strong></a> list begins with a <code>'@'</code> then that name
 expands to a list of names in the group of the same name.
-<p><br><li> Step 6: If the service is a guest service then a connection is
+<p><li> Step 6: If the service is a guest service then a connection is
 made as the username given in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account
 ="</strong></a> for the service, irrespective of the supplied
 password.
-<p><br></ol>
-<p><br><a name="COMPLETELISTOFGLOBALPARAMETERS"></a>
+<p></ol>
+<p><a name="COMPLETELISTOFGLOBALPARAMETERS"></a>
 <h2>COMPLETE LIST OF GLOBAL PARAMETERS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Here is a list of all global parameters. See the section of each
+<p>Here is a list of all global parameters. See the section of each
 parameter for details.  Note that some are synonyms.
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#adduserscript"><strong>add user script</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowtrusteddomains"><strong>allow trusted domains</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#announceas"><strong>announce as</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#announceversion"><strong>announce version</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#autoservices"><strong>auto services</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#bindinterfacesonly"><strong>bind interfaces only</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browselist"><strong>browse list</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#changenotifytimeout"><strong>change notify timeout</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#characterset"><strong>character set</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#codingsystem"><strong>coding system</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#configfile"><strong>config file</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deadtime"><strong>deadtime</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debughirestimestamp"><strong>debug hires timestamp</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugpid"><strong>debug pid</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuguid"><strong>debug uid</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>debug level</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#default"><strong>default</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultservice"><strong>default service</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deleteuserscript"><strong>delete user script</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dfreecommand"><strong>dfree command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dnsproxy"><strong>dns proxy</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainadmingroup"><strong>domain admin group</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainadminusers"><strong>domain admin users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domaingroups"><strong>domain groups</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainguestgroup"><strong>domain guest group</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainguestusers"><strong>domain guest users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>domain logons</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainmaster"><strong>domain master</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>encrypt passwords</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#getwdcache"><strong>getwd cache</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homedirmap"><strong>homedir map</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsequiv"><strong>hosts equiv</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>interfaces</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#keepalive"><strong>keepalive</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>kernel oplocks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapfilter"><strong>ldap filter</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapport"><strong>ldap port</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaproot"><strong>ldap root</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaprootpasswd"><strong>ldap root passwd</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapserver"><strong>ldap server</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapsuffix"><strong>ldap suffix</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>lm announce</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lminterval"><strong>lm interval</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loadprinters"><strong>load printers</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#localmaster"><strong>local master</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdir"><strong>lock dir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdirectory"><strong>lock directory</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logfile"><strong>log file</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel"><strong>log level</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logondrive"><strong>logon drive</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonhome"><strong>logon home</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonpath"><strong>logon path</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonscript"><strong>logon script</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpqcachetime"><strong>lpq cache time</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#machinepasswordtimeout"><strong>machine password timeout</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mangledstack"><strong>mangled stack</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>map to guest</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxdisksize"><strong>max disk size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxlogsize"><strong>max log size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxmux"><strong>max mux</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxopenfiles"><strong>max open files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxpacket"><strong>max packet</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxttl"><strong>max ttl</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxwinsttl"><strong>max wins ttl</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxxmit"><strong>max xmit</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#messagecommand"><strong>message command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswdlength"><strong>min passwd length</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswordlength"><strong>min password length</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minwinsttl"><strong>min wins ttl</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><strong>name resolve order</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>netbios aliases</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"><strong>netbios name</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosscope"><strong>netbios scope</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>nis homedir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntaclsupport"><strong>nt acl support</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntpipesupport"><strong>nt pipe support</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntsmbsupport"><strong>nt smb support</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nullpasswords"><strong>null passwords</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#olelockingcompatibility"><strong>ole locking compatibility</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplockbreakwaittime"><strong>oplock break wait time</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oslevel"><strong>os level</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#packetsize"><strong>packet size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#panicaction"><strong>panic action</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>passwd chat</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchatdebug"><strong>passwd chat debug</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>passwd program</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordlevel"><strong>password level</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password server</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferedmaster"><strong>prefered master</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferredmaster"><strong>preferred master</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preload"><strong>preload</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcap"><strong>printcap</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>printcap name</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>printer driver file</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#privatedir"><strong>private dir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#protocol"><strong>protocol</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readbmpx"><strong>read bmpx</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readprediction"><strong>read prediction</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readraw"><strong>read raw</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readsize"><strong>read size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#remoteannounce"><strong>remote announce</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#remotebrowsesync"><strong>remote browse sync</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#restrictanonymous"><strong>restrict anonymous</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#root"><strong>root</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdir"><strong>root dir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>root directory</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#serverstring"><strong>server string</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sharedmemsize"><strong>shared mem size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#smbpasswdfile"><strong>smb passwd file</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#smbrun"><strong>smbrun</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#socketaddress"><strong>socket address</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#socketoptions"><strong>socket options</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sourceenvironment"><strong>source environment</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ssl"><strong>ssl</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertDir"><strong>ssl CA certDir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertFile"><strong>ssl CA certFile</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslciphers"><strong>ssl ciphers</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslclientcert"><strong>ssl client cert</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslclientkey"><strong>ssl client key</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslcompatibility"><strong>ssl compatibility</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhosts"><strong>ssl hosts</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhostsresign"><strong>ssl hosts resign</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslrequireclientcert"><strong>ssl require clientcert</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslrequireservercert"><strong>ssl require servercert</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslservercert"><strong>ssl server cert</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslserverkey"><strong>ssl server key</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslversion"><strong>ssl version</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcache"><strong>stat cache</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcachesize"><strong>stat cache size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#stripdot"><strong>strip dot</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syslog"><strong>syslog</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syslogonly"><strong>syslog only</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#templatehomedir"><strong>template homedir</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#templateshell"><strong>template shell</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timeoffset"><strong>time offset</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timeserver"><strong>time server</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timestamplogs"><strong>timestamp logs</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>unix password sync</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixrealname"><strong>unix realname</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#updateencrypted"><strong>update encrypted</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#userhosts"><strong>use rhosts</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamelevel"><strong>username level</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamemap"><strong>username map</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmpdirectory"><strong>utmp directory</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>valid chars</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbindcachetime"><strong>winbind cache time</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbindgid"><strong>winbind gid</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbinduid"><strong>winbind uid</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winshook"><strong>wins hook</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsproxy"><strong>wins proxy</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsserver"><strong>wins server</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>wins support</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeraw"><strong>write raw</strong></a>
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><a name="COMPLETELISTOFSERVICEPARAMETERS"></a>
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#adduserscript"><strong>add user script</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowtrusteddomains"><strong>allow trusted domains</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#announceas"><strong>announce as</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#announceversion"><strong>announce version</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#autoservices"><strong>auto services</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#bindinterfacesonly"><strong>bind interfaces only</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browselist"><strong>browse list</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#changenotifytimeout"><strong>change notify timeout</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#characterset"><strong>character set</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#codingsystem"><strong>coding system</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#configfile"><strong>config file</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deadtime"><strong>deadtime</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debughirestimestamp"><strong>debug hires timestamp</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugpid"><strong>debug pid</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuguid"><strong>debug uid</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>debug level</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#default"><strong>default</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultservice"><strong>default service</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deleteuserscript"><strong>delete user script</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dfreecommand"><strong>dfree command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dnsproxy"><strong>dns proxy</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainadmingroup"><strong>domain admin group</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainadminusers"><strong>domain admin users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domaingroups"><strong>domain groups</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainguestgroup"><strong>domain guest group</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainguestusers"><strong>domain guest users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>domain logons</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainmaster"><strong>domain master</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>encrypt passwords</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#getwdcache"><strong>getwd cache</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidelocalusers"><strong>hide local users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homedirmap"><strong>homedir map</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsequiv"><strong>hosts equiv</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>interfaces</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#keepalive"><strong>keepalive</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>kernel oplocks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapfilter"><strong>ldap filter</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapport"><strong>ldap port</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaproot"><strong>ldap root</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaprootpasswd"><strong>ldap root passwd</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapserver"><strong>ldap server</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldapsuffix"><strong>ldap suffix</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>lm announce</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lminterval"><strong>lm interval</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loadprinters"><strong>load printers</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#localmaster"><strong>local master</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdir"><strong>lock dir</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdirectory"><strong>lock directory</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logfile"><strong>log file</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel"><strong>log level</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logondrive"><strong>logon drive</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonhome"><strong>logon home</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonpath"><strong>logon path</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonscript"><strong>logon script</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpqcachetime"><strong>lpq cache time</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#machinepasswordtimeout"><strong>machine password timeout</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mangledstack"><strong>mangled stack</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>map to guest</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxdisksize"><strong>max disk size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxlogsize"><strong>max log size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxmux"><strong>max mux</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxopenfiles"><strong>max open files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxpacket"><strong>max packet</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxttl"><strong>max ttl</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxwinsttl"><strong>max wins ttl</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxxmit"><strong>max xmit</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#messagecommand"><strong>message command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswdlength"><strong>min passwd length</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswordlength"><strong>min password length</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minwinsttl"><strong>min wins ttl</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><strong>name resolve order</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>netbios aliases</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"><strong>netbios name</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosscope"><strong>netbios scope</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>nis homedir</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntaclsupport"><strong>nt acl support</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntpipesupport"><strong>nt pipe support</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ntsmbsupport"><strong>nt smb support</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nullpasswords"><strong>null passwords</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#olelockingcompatibility"><strong>ole locking compatibility</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplockbreakwaittime"><strong>oplock break wait time</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oslevel"><strong>os level</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#packetsize"><strong>packet size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#panicaction"><strong>panic action</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>passwd chat</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchatdebug"><strong>passwd chat debug</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>passwd program</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordlevel"><strong>password level</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password server</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferedmaster"><strong>prefered master</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferredmaster"><strong>preferred master</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preload"><strong>preload</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcap"><strong>printcap</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>printcap name</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>printer driver file</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#protocol"><strong>protocol</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readbmpx"><strong>read bmpx</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readprediction"><strong>read prediction</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readraw"><strong>read raw</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readsize"><strong>read size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#remoteannounce"><strong>remote announce</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#remotebrowsesync"><strong>remote browse sync</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#restrictanonymous"><strong>restrict anonymous</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#root"><strong>root</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdir"><strong>root dir</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>root directory</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#serverstring"><strong>server string</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sharedmemsize"><strong>shared mem size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#smbpasswdfile"><strong>smb passwd file</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#smbrun"><strong>smbrun</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#socketaddress"><strong>socket address</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#socketoptions"><strong>socket options</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sourceenvironment"><strong>source environment</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ssl"><strong>ssl</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertDir"><strong>ssl CA certDir</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertFile"><strong>ssl CA certFile</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslciphers"><strong>ssl ciphers</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslclientcert"><strong>ssl client cert</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslclientkey"><strong>ssl client key</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslcompatibility"><strong>ssl compatibility</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhosts"><strong>ssl hosts</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhostsresign"><strong>ssl hosts resign</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslrequireclientcert"><strong>ssl require clientcert</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslrequireservercert"><strong>ssl require servercert</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslservercert"><strong>ssl server cert</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslserverkey"><strong>ssl server key</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslversion"><strong>ssl version</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcache"><strong>stat cache</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcachesize"><strong>stat cache size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#stripdot"><strong>strip dot</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syslog"><strong>syslog</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syslogonly"><strong>syslog only</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#templatehomedir"><strong>template homedir</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#templateshell"><strong>template shell</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timeoffset"><strong>time offset</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timeserver"><strong>time server</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#timestamplogs"><strong>timestamp logs</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>unix password sync</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixrealname"><strong>unix realname</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#updateencrypted"><strong>update encrypted</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#userhosts"><strong>use rhosts</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamelevel"><strong>username level</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamemap"><strong>username map</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmpdirectory"><strong>utmp directory</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>valid chars</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbindcachetime"><strong>winbind cache time</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbindgid"><strong>winbind gid</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winbinduid"><strong>winbind uid</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winshook"><strong>wins hook</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsproxy"><strong>wins proxy</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsserver"><strong>wins server</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>wins support</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeraw"><strong>write raw</strong></a>
+<p></dl>
+<p><a name="COMPLETELISTOFSERVICEPARAMETERS"></a>
 <h2>COMPLETE LIST OF SERVICE PARAMETERS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Here is a list of all service parameters. See the section of each
+<p>Here is a list of all service parameters. See the section of each
 parameter for details. Note that some are synonyms.
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#adminusers"><strong>admin users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowhosts"><strong>allow hosts</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#alternatepermissions"><strong>alternate permissions</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#available"><strong>available</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#blockinglocks"><strong>blocking locks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browsable"><strong>browsable</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>case sensitive</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesignames"><strong>casesignames</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#comment"><strong>comment</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#copy"><strong>copy</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>create mask</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>create mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultcase"><strong>default case</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deletereadonly"><strong>delete readonly</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deletevetofiles"><strong>delete veto files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#denyhosts"><strong>deny hosts</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directory"><strong>directory</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>directory mask</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymode"><strong>directory mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security mask</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dontdescend"><strong>dont descend</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dosfiletimeresolution"><strong>dos filetime resolution</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dosfiletimes"><strong>dos filetimes</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#exec"><strong>exec</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fakedirectorycreatetimes"><strong>fake directory create times</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fakeoplocks"><strong>fake oplocks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#followsymlinks"><strong>follow symlinks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>force create mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>force directory mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>force group</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcesecuritymode"><strong>force security mode</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>force user</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fstype"><strong>fstype</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#group"><strong>group</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>guest account</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest ok</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>guest only</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidedotfiles"><strong>hide dot files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidefiles"><strong>hide files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsdeny"><strong>hosts deny</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#include"><strong>include</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>inherit permissions</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>invalid users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#level2oplocks"><strong>level2 oplocks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#locking"><strong>locking</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lppausecommand"><strong>lppause command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpqcommand"><strong>lpq command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpresumecommand"><strong>lpresume command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lprmcommand"><strong>lprm command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicoutput"><strong>magic output</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicscript"><strong>magic script</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglecase"><strong>mangle case</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglelocks"><strong>mangle locks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mangledmap"><strong>mangled map</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglednames"><strong>mangled names</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglingchar"><strong>mangling char</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maparchive"><strong>map archive</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maphidden"><strong>map hidden</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mapsystem"><strong>map system</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxconnections"><strong>max connections</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minprintspace"><strong>min print space</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#onlyguest"><strong>only guest</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#onlyuser"><strong>only user</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplockcontentionlimit"><strong>oplock contention limit</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>postexec</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postscript"><strong>postscript</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>preexec close</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preservecase"><strong>preserve case</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcommand"><strong>print command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printok"><strong>print ok</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>printable</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printer"><strong>printer</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printer"><strong>printer admin</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriver"><strong>printer driver</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverlocation"><strong>printer driver location</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printername"><strong>printer name</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>printing</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#public"><strong>public</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#queuepausecommand"><strong>queuepause command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#queueresumecommand"><strong>queueresume command</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readlist"><strong>read list</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>read only</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpostexec"><strong>root postexec</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpreexec"><strong>root preexec</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpreexecclose"><strong>root preexec close</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securitymask"><strong>security mask</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#setdirectory"><strong>set directory</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sharemodes"><strong>share modes</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#shortpreservecase"><strong>short preserve case</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#status"><strong>status</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictlocking"><strong>strict locking</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictsync"><strong>strict sync</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syncalways"><strong>sync always</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>username</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#users"><strong>users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmp"><strong>utmp</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validusers"><strong>valid users</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>veto files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetooplockfiles"><strong>veto oplock files</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#volume"><strong>volume</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#widelinks"><strong>wide links</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writable"><strong>writable</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writecachesize"><strong>write cache size</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writelist"><strong>write list</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeok"><strong>write ok</strong></a>
-<p><br><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>writeable</strong></a>
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><a name="EXPLANATIONOFEACHPARAMETER"></a>
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#adminusers"><strong>admin users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowhosts"><strong>allow hosts</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#alternatepermissions"><strong>alternate permissions</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#available"><strong>available</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#blockinglocks"><strong>blocking locks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browsable"><strong>browsable</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>case sensitive</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesignames"><strong>casesignames</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#comment"><strong>comment</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#copy"><strong>copy</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>create mask</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>create mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultcase"><strong>default case</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deletereadonly"><strong>delete readonly</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deletevetofiles"><strong>delete veto files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#denyhosts"><strong>deny hosts</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directory"><strong>directory</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>directory mask</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymode"><strong>directory mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security mask</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dontdescend"><strong>dont descend</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dosfiletimeresolution"><strong>dos filetime resolution</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#dosfiletimes"><strong>dos filetimes</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#exec"><strong>exec</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fakedirectorycreatetimes"><strong>fake directory create times</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fakeoplocks"><strong>fake oplocks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#followsymlinks"><strong>follow symlinks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>force create mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>force directory mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>force group</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcesecuritymode"><strong>force security mode</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>force user</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#fstype"><strong>fstype</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#group"><strong>group</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>guest account</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest ok</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>guest only</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidedotfiles"><strong>hide dot files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidefiles"><strong>hide files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsdeny"><strong>hosts deny</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#include"><strong>include</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>inherit permissions</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>invalid users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#level2oplocks"><strong>level2 oplocks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#locking"><strong>locking</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lppausecommand"><strong>lppause command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpqcommand"><strong>lpq command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpresumecommand"><strong>lpresume command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lprmcommand"><strong>lprm command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicoutput"><strong>magic output</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicscript"><strong>magic script</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglecase"><strong>mangle case</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglelocks"><strong>mangle locks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mangledmap"><strong>mangled map</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglednames"><strong>mangled names</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglingchar"><strong>mangling char</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maparchive"><strong>map archive</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maphidden"><strong>map hidden</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mapsystem"><strong>map system</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxconnections"><strong>max connections</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minprintspace"><strong>min print space</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#onlyguest"><strong>only guest</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#onlyuser"><strong>only user</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplockcontentionlimit"><strong>oplock contention limit</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>postexec</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postscript"><strong>postscript</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>preexec close</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preservecase"><strong>preserve case</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcommand"><strong>print command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printok"><strong>print ok</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>printable</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printer"><strong>printer</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printeradmin"><strong>printer admin</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriver"><strong>printer driver</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverlocation"><strong>printer driver location</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printername"><strong>printer name</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>printing</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#public"><strong>public</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#queuepausecommand"><strong>queuepause command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#queueresumecommand"><strong>queueresume command</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readlist"><strong>read list</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>read only</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpostexec"><strong>root postexec</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpreexec"><strong>root preexec</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpreexecclose"><strong>root preexec close</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securitymask"><strong>security mask</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#setdirectory"><strong>set directory</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sharemodes"><strong>share modes</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#shortpreservecase"><strong>short preserve case</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#status"><strong>status</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictlocking"><strong>strict locking</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictsync"><strong>strict sync</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syncalways"><strong>sync always</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>username</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#users"><strong>users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmp"><strong>utmp</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validusers"><strong>valid users</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>veto files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetooplockfiles"><strong>veto oplock files</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#volume"><strong>volume</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#widelinks"><strong>wide links</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writable"><strong>writable</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writecachesize"><strong>write cache size</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writelist"><strong>write list</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeok"><strong>write ok</strong></a>
+<p><li > <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>writeable</strong></a>
+<p></dl>
+<p><a name="EXPLANATIONOFEACHPARAMETER"></a>
 <h2>EXPLANATION OF EACH PARAMETER</h2>
     
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><a name="adduserscript"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>add user script (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the full pathname to a script that will be run <em>AS ROOT</em> by
+<p><dl>
+<p><a name="adduserscript"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>add user script (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the full pathname to a script that will be run <em>AS ROOT</em> by
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a> under special circumstances decribed
 below.
-<p><br>Normally, a Samba server requires that UNIX users are created for all
+<p>Normally, a Samba server requires that UNIX users are created for all
 users accessing files on this server. For sites that use Windows NT
 account databases as their primary user database creating these users
 and keeping the user list in sync with the Windows NT PDC is an
 onerous task. This option allows <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to create
 the required UNIX users <em>ON DEMAND</em> when a user accesses the Samba
 server.
-<p><br>In order to use this option, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> must be set to
+<p>In order to use this option, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> must be set to
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>security=server</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>security=domain</strong></a> and <strong>"add user script"</strong>
 must be set to a full pathname for a script that will create a UNIX user
 given one argument of <strong>%u</strong>, which expands into the UNIX user name to
 create.
-<p><br>When the Windows user attempts to access the Samba server, at
+<p>When the Windows user attempts to access the Samba server, at
 <em>"login"</em>(session setup in the SMB protocol) time,
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> contacts the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password
 server</strong></a> and attempts to authenticate the given user
@@ -709,61 +709,61 @@ password database to map the Windows user into. If this lookup fails,
 and <strong>"add user script"</strong> is set then <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will
 call the specified script <em>AS ROOT</em>, expanding any <strong>%u</strong> argument
 to be the user name to create.
-<p><br>If this script successfully creates the user then
+<p>If this script successfully creates the user then
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will continue on as though the UNIX user
 already existed. In this way, UNIX users are dynamically created to
 match existing Windows NT accounts.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>security=server</strong></a>,
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>security=server</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>security=domain</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password
 server</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#deleteuserscript"><strong>delete user
 script</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	add user script = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	add user script = /usr/local/samba/bin/add_user %u</code>
-<p><br><a name="adminusers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>admin users (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users who will be granted administrative privileges
+<p><a name="adminusers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>admin users (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users who will be granted administrative privileges
 on the share. This means that they will do all file operations as the
 super-user (root).
-<p><br>You should use this option very carefully, as any user in this list
+<p>You should use this option very carefully, as any user in this list
 will be able to do anything they like on the share, irrespective of
 file permissions.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong> <br>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong> <br>
 <code>	no admin users</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong> <br>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong> <br>
 <code>	admin users = jason</code>
-<p><br><a name="allowhosts"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>allow hosts (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="allowtrusteddomains"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>allow trusted domains (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option only takes effect when the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a>
+<p><a name="allowhosts"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>allow hosts (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="allowtrusteddomains"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>allow trusted domains (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option only takes effect when the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a>
 option is set to <strong>server</strong> or <strong>domain</strong>.  If it is set to no,
 then attempts to connect to a resource from a domain or workgroup other than
 the one which smbd is running in will fail, even if that domain
 is trusted by the remote server doing the authentication.
-<p><br>This is useful if you only want your Samba server to serve resources
+<p>This is useful if you only want your Samba server to serve resources
 to users in the domain it is a member of. As an example, suppose that there are
 two domains DOMA and DOMB.  DOMB is trusted by DOMA, which contains
 the Samba server.  Under normal circumstances, a user with an account
 in DOMB can then access the resources of a UNIX account with the same
 account name on the Samba server even if they do not have an account
 in DOMA.  This can make implementing a security boundary difficult.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     allow trusted domains = Yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>     allow trusted domains = No</code>
-<p><br><a name="alternatepermissions"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>alternate permissions (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a deprecated parameter. It no longer has any effect in Samba2.0.
+<p><a name="alternatepermissions"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>alternate permissions (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a deprecated parameter. It no longer has any effect in Samba2.0.
 In previous versions of Samba it affected the way the DOS "read only"
 attribute was mapped for a file. In Samba2.0 a file is marked "read only"
 if the UNIX file does not have the 'w' bit set for the owner of the file,
 regardless if the owner of the file is the currently logged on user or not.
-<p><br><a name="announceas"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>announce as (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies what type of server <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
+<p><a name="announceas"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>announce as (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies what type of server <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 announce itself as, to a network neighborhood browse list. By default
 this is set to Windows NT. The valid options are : "NT", which is a
 synonym for "NT Server", "NT Server", "NT Workstation", "Win95" or
@@ -771,47 +771,47 @@ synonym for "NT Server", "NT Server", "NT Workstation", "Win95" or
 and Windows for Workgroups respectively. Do not change this parameter
 unless you have a specific need to stop Samba appearing as an NT server
 as this may prevent Samba servers from participating as browser servers correctly.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	announce as = NT Server</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example</strong>
+<p><strong>Example</strong>
 <code>	announce as = Win95</code>
-<p><br><a name="announceversion"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>announce version (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies the major and minor version numbers that nmbd will use
+<p><a name="announceversion"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>announce version (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies the major and minor version numbers that nmbd will use
 when announcing itself as a server. The default is 4.2.  Do not change
 this parameter unless you have a specific need to set a Samba server
 to be a downlevel server.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	announce version = 4.2</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	announce version = 2.0</code>
-<p><br><a name="autoservices"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>auto services (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of services that you want to be automatically added to
+<p><a name="autoservices"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>auto services (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of services that you want to be automatically added to
 the browse lists. This is most useful for homes and printers services
 that would otherwise not be visible.
-<p><br>Note that if you just want all printers in your printcap file loaded
+<p>Note that if you just want all printers in your printcap file loaded
 then the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#loadprinters"><strong>"load printers"</strong></a> option is easier.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	no auto services</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	auto services = fred lp colorlp</code>
-<p><br><a name="available"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>available (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter lets you <em>'turn off'</em> a service. If <code>'available = no'</code>,
+<p><a name="available"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>available (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter lets you <em>'turn off'</em> a service. If <code>'available = no'</code>,
 then <em>ALL</em> attempts to connect to the service will fail. Such failures
 are logged.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	available = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	available = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="bindinterfacesonly"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>bind interfaces only (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This global parameter allows the Samba admin to limit what interfaces
+<p><a name="bindinterfacesonly"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>bind interfaces only (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This global parameter allows the Samba admin to limit what interfaces
 on a machine will serve smb requests. If affects file service
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> and name service <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a>
 in slightly different ways.
-<p><br>For name service it causes <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to bind to ports
+<p>For name service it causes <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to bind to ports
 137 and 138 on the interfaces listed in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>'interfaces'</strong></a>
 parameter. <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> also binds to the 'all
@@ -829,19 +829,19 @@ through any interfaces not listed in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>"interfaces"</strong></a> list.  IP Source address spoofing
 does defeat this simple check, however so it must not be used
 seriously as a security feature for <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a>.
-<p><br>For file service it causes <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to bind only to
+<p>For file service it causes <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to bind only to
 the interface list given in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>'interfaces'</strong></a>
 parameter. This restricts the networks that <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
 will serve to packets coming in those interfaces.  Note that you
 should not use this parameter for machines that are serving PPP or
 other intermittent or non-broadcast network interfaces as it will not
 cope with non-permanent interfaces.
-<p><br>If <strong>"bind interfaces only"</strong> is set then unless the network address
+<p>If <strong>"bind interfaces only"</strong> is set then unless the network address
 <em>127.0.0.1</em> is added to the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>'interfaces'</strong></a> parameter
 list <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> and
 <a href="swat.8.html"><strong>swat</strong></a> may not work as expected due to the
 reasons covered below.
-<p><br>To change a users SMB password, the <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a>
+<p>To change a users SMB password, the <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a>
 by default connects to the <em>"localhost" - 127.0.0.1</em> address as an SMB
 client to issue the password change request. If <strong>"bind interfaces only"</strong>
 is set then unless the network address <em>127.0.0.1</em> is added to the
@@ -852,147 +852,147 @@ use the primary IP interface of the local host by using its
 <a href="smbpasswd.8.html#minusr"><strong>"-r remote machine"</strong></a> parameter, with
 <strong>"remote machine"</strong> set to the IP name of the primary interface
 of the local host.
-<p><br>The <a href="swat.8.html"><strong>swat</strong></a> status page tries to connect with
+<p>The <a href="swat.8.html"><strong>swat</strong></a> status page tries to connect with
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> and <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> at the address 
 <em>127.0.0.1</em> to determine if they are running.  Not adding <em>127.0.0.1</em>  will cause
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> and <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to always show
 "not running" even if they really are.  This can prevent
 <a href="swat.8.html"><strong>swat</strong></a> from starting/stopping/restarting
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> and <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	bind interfaces only = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	bind interfaces only = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="blockinglocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>blocking locks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls the behavior of <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> when
+<p><a name="blockinglocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>blocking locks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls the behavior of <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> when
 given a request by a client to obtain a byte range lock on a region
 of an open file, and the request has a time limit associated with it.
-<p><br>If this parameter is set and the lock range requested cannot be
+<p>If this parameter is set and the lock range requested cannot be
 immediately satisfied, Samba 2.0 will internally queue the lock 
 request, and periodically attempt to obtain the lock until the
 timeout period expires.
-<p><br>If this parameter is set to "False", then Samba 2.0 will behave
+<p>If this parameter is set to "False", then Samba 2.0 will behave
 as previous versions of Samba would and will fail the lock
 request immediately if the lock range cannot be obtained.
-<p><br>This parameter can be set per share.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>This parameter can be set per share.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	blocking locks = True</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	blocking locks = False</code>
-<p><br><a name="browsable"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>browsable (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="browselist"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>browse list(G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will serve a browse
+<p><a name="browsable"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>browsable (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#browseable"><strong>browseable</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="browselist"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>browse list(G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will serve a browse
 list to a client doing a NetServerEnum call. Normally set to true. You
 should never need to change this.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	browse list = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="browseable"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>browseable</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether this share is seen in the list of available
+<p><a name="browseable"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>browseable</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether this share is seen in the list of available
 shares in a net view and in the browse list.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	browseable = Yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	browseable = No</code>
-<p><br><a name="casesensitive"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>case sensitive (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>See the discussion in the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>NAME MANGLING</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="casesignames"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>casesignames (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case sensitive"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="changenotifytimeout"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>change notify timeout (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>One of the new NT SMB requests that Samba 2.0 supports is the
+<p><a name="casesensitive"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>case sensitive (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>See the discussion in the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>NAME MANGLING</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="casesignames"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>casesignames (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case sensitive"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="changenotifytimeout"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>change notify timeout (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>One of the new NT SMB requests that Samba 2.0 supports is the
 "ChangeNotify" requests. This SMB allows a client to tell a server to
 <em>"watch"</em> a particular directory for any changes and only reply to
 the SMB request when a change has occurred. Such constant scanning of
 a directory is expensive under UNIX, hence an
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> daemon only performs such a scan on each
 requested directory once every <strong>change notify timeout</strong> seconds.
-<p><br><strong>change notify timeout</strong> is specified in units of seconds.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>change notify timeout</strong> is specified in units of seconds.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	change notify timeout = 60</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	change notify timeout = 300</code>
-<p><br>Would change the scan time to every 5 minutes.
-<p><br><a name="characterset"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>character set (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This allows a smbd to map incoming filenames from a DOS Code page (see
+<p>Would change the scan time to every 5 minutes.
+<p><a name="characterset"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>character set (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This allows a smbd to map incoming filenames from a DOS Code page (see
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a> parameter) to several
 built in UNIX character sets. The built in code page translations are:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <strong>ISO8859-1</strong> Western European UNIX character set. The parameter
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <strong>ISO8859-1</strong> Western European UNIX character set. The parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a> <em>MUST</em> be set to code
 page 850 if the <strong>character set</strong> parameter is set to iso8859-1
 in order for the conversion to the UNIX character set to be done
 correctly.
-<p><br><li > <strong>ISO8859-2</strong> Eastern European UNIX character set. The parameter
+<p><li > <strong>ISO8859-2</strong> Eastern European UNIX character set. The parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a> <em>MUST</em> be set to code
 page 852 if the <strong>character set</strong> parameter is set to ISO8859-2
 in order for the conversion to the UNIX character set to be done
 correctly. 
-<p><br><li > <strong>ISO8859-5</strong> Russian Cyrillic UNIX character set. The parameter
+<p><li > <strong>ISO8859-5</strong> Russian Cyrillic UNIX character set. The parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a> <em>MUST</em> be set to code
 page 866 if the <strong>character set</strong> parameter is set to ISO8859-5
 in order for the conversion to the UNIX character set to be done
 correctly. 
-<p><br><li > <strong>ISO8859-7</strong> Greek UNIX character set. The parameter
+<p><li > <strong>ISO8859-7</strong> Greek UNIX character set. The parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a> <em>MUST</em> be set to code
 page 737 if the <strong>character set</strong> parameter is set to ISO8859-7
 in order for the conversion to the UNIX character set to be done
 correctly. 
-<p><br><li > <strong>KOI8-R</strong> Alternate mapping for Russian Cyrillic UNIX
+<p><li > <strong>KOI8-R</strong> Alternate mapping for Russian Cyrillic UNIX
 character set. The parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code
 page</strong></a> <em>MUST</em> be set to code page 866 if the
 <strong>character set</strong> parameter is set to KOI8-R in order for the
 conversion to the UNIX character set to be done correctly.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><em>BUG</em>. These MSDOS code page to UNIX character set mappings should
+<p></dl>
+<p><em>BUG</em>. These MSDOS code page to UNIX character set mappings should
 be dynamic, like the loading of MS DOS code pages, not static.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a>.  Normally this
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>client code page</strong></a>.  Normally this
 parameter is not set, meaning no filename translation is done.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	character set = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	character set = ISO8859-1</code>
-<p><br><a name="clientcodepage"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>client code page (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the DOS code page that the clients accessing
+<p><a name="clientcodepage"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>client code page (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the DOS code page that the clients accessing
 Samba are using. To determine what code page a Windows or DOS client
 is using, open a DOS command prompt and type the command "chcp". This
 will output the code page. The default for USA MS-DOS, Windows 95, and
 Windows NT releases is code page 437. The default for western european
 releases of the above operating systems is code page 850.
-<p><br>This parameter tells <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> which of the
+<p>This parameter tells <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> which of the
 <code>codepage.XXX</code> files to dynamically load on startup. These files,
 described more fully in the manual page <a href="make_smbcodepage.1.html"><strong>make_smbcodepage
 (1)</strong></a>, tell <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> how
 to map lower to upper case characters to provide the case insensitivity
 of filenames that Windows clients expect.
-<p><br>Samba currently ships with the following code page files :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 437 - MS-DOS Latin US</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 737 - Windows '95 Greek</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 850 - MS-DOS Latin 1</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 852 - MS-DOS Latin 2</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 861 - MS-DOS Icelandic</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 866 - MS-DOS Cyrillic</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 932 - MS-DOS Japanese SJIS</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 936 - MS-DOS Simplified Chinese</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 949 - MS-DOS Korean Hangul</strong>
-<p><br><li > <strong>Code Page 950 - MS-DOS Traditional Chinese</strong>
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>Thus this parameter may have any of the values 437, 737, 850, 852,
+<p>Samba currently ships with the following code page files :
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 437 - MS-DOS Latin US</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 737 - Windows '95 Greek</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 850 - MS-DOS Latin 1</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 852 - MS-DOS Latin 2</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 861 - MS-DOS Icelandic</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 866 - MS-DOS Cyrillic</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 932 - MS-DOS Japanese SJIS</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 936 - MS-DOS Simplified Chinese</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 949 - MS-DOS Korean Hangul</strong>
+<p><li > <strong>Code Page 950 - MS-DOS Traditional Chinese</strong>
+<p></dl>
+<p>Thus this parameter may have any of the values 437, 737, 850, 852,
 861, 932, 936, 949, or 950.  If you don't find the codepage you need,
 read the comments in one of the other codepage files and the
 <a href="make_smbcodepage.1.html"><strong>make_smbcodepage (1)</strong></a> man page and
 write one. Please remember to donate it back to the Samba user
 community.
-<p><br>This parameter co-operates with the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid
+<p>This parameter co-operates with the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid
 chars"</strong></a> parameter in determining what characters are
 valid in filenames and how capitalization is done. If you set both
 this parameter and the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid chars"</strong></a> parameter
@@ -1000,198 +1000,198 @@ the <strong>"client code page"</strong> parameter <em>MUST</em> be set before th
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid chars"</strong></a> parameter in the <strong>smb.conf</strong>
 file. The <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid chars"</strong></a> string will then augment
 the character settings in the "client code page" parameter.
-<p><br>If not set, <strong>"client code page"</strong> defaults to 850.
-<p><br>See also : <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid chars"</strong></a>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>If not set, <strong>"client code page"</strong> defaults to 850.
+<p>See also : <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validchars"><strong>"valid chars"</strong></a>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	client code page = 850</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	client code page = 936</code>
-<p><br><a name="codingsystem"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>codingsystem (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is used to determine how incoming Shift-JIS Japanese
+<p><a name="codingsystem"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>codingsystem (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is used to determine how incoming Shift-JIS Japanese
 characters are mapped from the incoming <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client code
 page"</strong></a> used by the client, into file names in the
 UNIX filesystem. Only useful if <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client code
 page"</strong></a> is set to 932 (Japanese Shift-JIS).
-<p><br>The options are :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <strong>SJIS</strong>  Shift-JIS. Does no conversion of the incoming filename.
-<p><br><li > <strong>JIS8, J8BB, J8BH, J8@B, J8@J, J8@H </strong> Convert from incoming
+<p>The options are :
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <strong>SJIS</strong>  Shift-JIS. Does no conversion of the incoming filename.
+<p><li > <strong>JIS8, J8BB, J8BH, J8@B, J8@J, J8@H </strong> Convert from incoming
 Shift-JIS to eight bit JIS code with different shift-in, shift out
 codes.
-<p><br><li > <strong>JIS7, J7BB, J7BH, J7@B, J7@J, J7@H </strong> Convert from incoming
+<p><li > <strong>JIS7, J7BB, J7BH, J7@B, J7@J, J7@H </strong> Convert from incoming
 Shift-JIS to seven bit JIS code with different shift-in, shift out
 codes.
-<p><br><li > <strong>JUNET, JUBB, JUBH, JU@B, JU@J, JU@H </strong> Convert from incoming
+<p><li > <strong>JUNET, JUBB, JUBH, JU@B, JU@J, JU@H </strong> Convert from incoming
 Shift-JIS to JUNET code with different shift-in, shift out codes.
-<p><br><li > <strong>EUC</strong>  Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to EUC code.
-<p><br><li > <strong>HEX</strong> Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to a 3 byte hex
+<p><li > <strong>EUC</strong>  Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to EUC code.
+<p><li > <strong>HEX</strong> Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to a 3 byte hex
 representation, i.e. <code>:AB</code>.
-<p><br><li > <strong>CAP</strong> Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to the 3 byte hex
+<p><li > <strong>CAP</strong> Convert an incoming Shift-JIS character to the 3 byte hex
 representation used by the Columbia AppleTalk Program (CAP),
 i.e. <code>:AB</code>.  This is used for compatibility between Samba and CAP.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><a name="comment"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>comment (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a text field that is seen next to a share when a client does a
+<p></dl>
+<p><a name="comment"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>comment (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a text field that is seen next to a share when a client does a
 queries the server, either via the network neighborhood or via "net
 view" to list what shares are available.
-<p><br>If you want to set the string that is displayed next to the machine
+<p>If you want to set the string that is displayed next to the machine
 name then see the server string command.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	No comment string</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	comment = Fred's Files</code>
-<p><br><a name="configfile"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>config file (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This allows you to override the config file to use, instead of the
+<p><a name="configfile"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>config file (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This allows you to override the config file to use, instead of the
 default (usually <strong>smb.conf</strong>). There is a chicken and egg problem
 here as this option is set in the config file!
-<p><br>For this reason, if the name of the config file has changed when the
+<p>For this reason, if the name of the config file has changed when the
 parameters are loaded then it will reload them from the new config
 file.
-<p><br>This option takes the usual substitutions, which can be very useful.
-<p><br>If the config file doesn't exist then it won't be loaded (allowing you
+<p>This option takes the usual substitutions, which can be very useful.
+<p>If the config file doesn't exist then it won't be loaded (allowing you
 to special case the config files of just a few clients).
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	config file = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m</code>
-<p><br><a name="copy"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>copy (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter allows you to <em>'clone'</em> service entries. The specified
+<p><a name="copy"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>copy (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter allows you to <em>'clone'</em> service entries. The specified
 service is simply duplicated under the current service's name. Any
 parameters specified in the current section will override those in the
 section being copied.
-<p><br>This feature lets you set up a 'template' service and create similar
+<p>This feature lets you set up a 'template' service and create similar
 services easily. Note that the service being copied must occur earlier
 in the configuration file than the service doing the copying.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	copy = otherservice</code>
-<p><br><a name="createmask"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>create mask (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>A synonym for this parameter is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>'create mode'</strong></a>.
-<p><br>When a file is created, the necessary permissions are calculated
+<p><a name="createmask"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>create mask (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>A synonym for this parameter is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>'create mode'</strong></a>.
+<p>When a file is created, the necessary permissions are calculated
 according to the mapping from DOS modes to UNIX permissions, and the
 resulting UNIX mode is then bit-wise 'AND'ed with this parameter.
 This parameter may be thought of as a bit-wise MASK for the UNIX modes
 of a file. Any bit <em>*not*</em> set here will be removed from the modes set
 on a file when it is created.
-<p><br>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' and 'other'
+<p>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' and 'other'
 write and execute bits from the UNIX modes.
-<p><br>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from
+<p>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from
 this parameter with the value of the "force create mode" parameter
 which is set to 000 by default.
-<p><br>This parameter does not affect directory modes. See the parameter
+<p>This parameter does not affect directory modes. See the parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymode"><strong>'directory mode'</strong></a> for details.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>"force create mode"</strong></a> parameter
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>"force create mode"</strong></a> parameter
 for forcing particular mode bits to be set on created files. See also
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymode"><strong>"directory mode"</strong></a> parameter for masking
 mode bits on created directories.
 See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	create mask = 0744</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	create mask = 0775</code>
-<p><br><a name="createmode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>create mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>create mask</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="deadtime"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>deadtime (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The value of the parameter (a decimal integer) represents the number
+<p><a name="createmode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>create mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>create mask</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="deadtime"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>deadtime (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The value of the parameter (a decimal integer) represents the number
 of minutes of inactivity before a connection is considered dead, and
 it is disconnected. The deadtime only takes effect if the number of
 open files is zero.
-<p><br>This is useful to stop a server's resources being exhausted by a large
+<p>This is useful to stop a server's resources being exhausted by a large
 number of inactive connections.
-<p><br>Most clients have an auto-reconnect feature when a connection is
+<p>Most clients have an auto-reconnect feature when a connection is
 broken so in most cases this parameter should be transparent to users.
-<p><br>Using this parameter with a timeout of a few minutes is recommended
+<p>Using this parameter with a timeout of a few minutes is recommended
 for most systems.
-<p><br>A deadtime of zero indicates that no auto-disconnection should be
+<p>A deadtime of zero indicates that no auto-disconnection should be
 performed.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	deadtime = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	deadtime = 15</code>
-<p><br><a name="debughirestimestamp"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>debug hires timestamp (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Sometimes the timestamps in the log messages are needed with a
+<p><a name="debughirestimestamp"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>debug hires timestamp (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Sometimes the timestamps in the log messages are needed with a
 resolution of higher that seconds, this boolean parameter adds
 microsecond resolution to the timestamp message header when turned on.
-<p><br>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
+<p>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
 must be on for this to have an effect.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> debug hires timestamp = No</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> debug hires timestamp = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="debugtimestamp"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>debug timestamp (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Samba2.0 debug log messages are timestamped by default. If you are
+<p><a name="debugtimestamp"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>debug timestamp (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Samba2.0 debug log messages are timestamped by default. If you are
 running at a high <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>"debug level"</strong></a> these timestamps
 can be distracting. This boolean parameter allows timestamping to be turned
 off.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	debug timestamp = Yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	debug timestamp = No</code>
-<p><br><a name="debugpid"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>debug pid (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>When using only one log file for more then one forked smbd-process
+<p><a name="debugpid"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>debug pid (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>When using only one log file for more then one forked smbd-process
 there may be hard to follow which process outputs which message.
 This boolean parameter is adds the process-id to the timestamp message
 headers in the logfile when turned on.
-<p><br>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
+<p>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
 must be on for this to have an effect.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	debug pid = No</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	debug pid = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="debuguid"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>debug uid (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Samba is sometimes run as root and sometime run as the connected
+<p><a name="debuguid"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>debug uid (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Samba is sometimes run as root and sometime run as the connected
 user, this boolean parameter inserts the current euid, egid, uid
 and gid to the timestamp message headers in the log file if turned on.
-<p><br>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
+<p>Note that the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debugtimestamp"><strong>debug timestamp</strong></a>
 must be on for this to have an effect.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	debug uid = No</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	debug uid = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="debuglevel"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>debug level (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The value of the parameter (an integer) allows the debug level
+<p><a name="debuglevel"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>debug level (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The value of the parameter (an integer) allows the debug level
 (logging level) to be specified in the <strong>smb.conf</strong> file. This is to
 give greater flexibility in the configuration of the system.
-<p><br>The default will be the debug level specified on the command line
+<p>The default will be the debug level specified on the command line
 or level zero if none was specified.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	debug level = 3</code>
-<p><br><a name="default"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>default (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>A synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultservice"><strong>default service</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="defaultcase"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>default case (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a>. Also note
+<p><a name="default"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>default (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>A synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#defaultservice"><strong>default service</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="defaultcase"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>default case (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a>. Also note
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#shortpreservecase"><strong>"short preserve case"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><a name="defaultservice"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>default service (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the name of a service which will be connected
+<p><a name="defaultservice"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>default service (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the name of a service which will be connected
 to if the service actually requested cannot be found. Note that the
 square brackets are <em>NOT</em> given in the parameter value (see example
 below).
-<p><br>There is no default value for this parameter. If this parameter is not
+<p>There is no default value for this parameter. If this parameter is not
 given, attempting to connect to a nonexistent service results in an
 error.
-<p><br>Typically the default service would be a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest ok</strong></a>,
+<p>Typically the default service would be a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>guest ok</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>read-only</strong></a> service.
-<p><br>Also note that the apparent service name will be changed to equal that
+<p>Also note that the apparent service name will be changed to equal that
 of the requested service, this is very useful as it allows you to use
 macros like <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>%S</strong></a> to make a wildcard service.
-<p><br>Note also that any <code>'_'</code> characters in the name of the service used
+<p>Note also that any <code>'_'</code> characters in the name of the service used
 in the default service will get mapped to a <code>'/'</code>. This allows for
 interesting things.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <pre>
 
 	default service = pub
@@ -1201,19 +1201,19 @@ interesting things.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><a name="deleteuserscript"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>delete user script (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the full pathname to a script that will be run <em>AS ROOT</em> by
+<p><a name="deleteuserscript"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>delete user script (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the full pathname to a script that will be run <em>AS ROOT</em> by
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a> under special circumstances decribed
 below.
-<p><br>Normally, a Samba server requires that UNIX users are created for all
+<p>Normally, a Samba server requires that UNIX users are created for all
 users accessing files on this server. For sites that use Windows NT
 account databases as their primary user database creating these users
 and keeping the user list in sync with the Windows NT PDC is an
 onerous task. This option allows <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to delete
 the required UNIX users <em>ON DEMAND</em> when a user accesses the Samba
 server and the Windows NT user no longer exists.
-<p><br>In order to use this option, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> must be set to
+<p>In order to use this option, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> must be set to
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>security=domain</strong></a> and <strong>"delete user
 script"</strong> must be set to a full pathname for a script that will delete
 a UNIX user given one argument of <strong>%u</strong>, which expands into the UNIX
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ on an attempted user logon that a user no longer exists. In the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>security=server</strong></a> mode a missing user
 is treated the same as an invalid password logon attempt. Deleting
 the user in this circumstance would not be a good idea.
-<p><br>When the Windows user attempts to access the Samba server, at
+<p>When the Windows user attempts to access the Samba server, at
 <em>"login"</em>(session setup in the SMB protocol) time,
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> contacts the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password
 server</strong></a> and attempts to authenticate the given user
@@ -1237,222 +1237,222 @@ password database that matches the Windows user account. If this lookup succeeds
 and <strong>"delete user script"</strong> is set then <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will
 call the specified script <em>AS ROOT</em>, expanding any <strong>%u</strong> argument
 to be the user name to delete.
-<p><br>This script should delete the given UNIX username. In this way, UNIX
+<p>This script should delete the given UNIX username. In this way, UNIX
 users are dynamically deleted to match existing Windows NT accounts.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>security=domain</strong></a>,
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>security=domain</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>password server</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#adduserscript"><strong>add user
 script</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	delete user script = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	delete user script = /usr/local/samba/bin/del_user %u</code>
-<p><br><a name="deletereadonly"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>delete readonly (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter allows readonly files to be deleted.  This is not
+<p><a name="deletereadonly"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>delete readonly (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter allows readonly files to be deleted.  This is not
 normal DOS semantics, but is allowed by UNIX.
-<p><br>This option may be useful for running applications such as rcs, where
+<p>This option may be useful for running applications such as rcs, where
 UNIX file ownership prevents changing file permissions, and DOS
 semantics prevent deletion of a read only file.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	delete readonly = No</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	delete readonly = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="deletevetofiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>delete veto files (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option is used when Samba is attempting to delete a directory
+<p><a name="deletevetofiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>delete veto files (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option is used when Samba is attempting to delete a directory
 that contains one or more vetoed directories (see the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>'veto
 files'</strong></a> option).  If this option is set to False (the
 default) then if a vetoed directory contains any non-vetoed files or
 directories then the directory delete will fail. This is usually what
 you want.
-<p><br>If this option is set to True, then Samba will attempt to recursively
+<p>If this option is set to True, then Samba will attempt to recursively
 delete any files and directories within the vetoed directory. This can
 be useful for integration with file serving systems such as <strong>NetAtalk</strong>,
 which create meta-files within directories you might normally veto
 DOS/Windows users from seeing (e.g. <code>.AppleDouble</code>)
-<p><br>Setting <code>'delete veto files = True'</code> allows these directories to be 
+<p>Setting <code>'delete veto files = True'</code> allows these directories to be 
 transparently deleted when the parent directory is deleted (so long
 as the user has permissions to do so).
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>veto files</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>veto files</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	delete veto files = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	delete veto files = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="denyhosts"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>deny hosts (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsdeny"><strong>hosts deny</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="dfreecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>dfree command (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The dfree command setting should only be used on systems where a
+<p><a name="denyhosts"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>deny hosts (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsdeny"><strong>hosts deny</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="dfreecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>dfree command (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The dfree command setting should only be used on systems where a
 problem occurs with the internal disk space calculations. This has
 been known to happen with Ultrix, but may occur with other operating
 systems. The symptom that was seen was an error of "Abort Retry
 Ignore" at the end of each directory listing.
-<p><br>This setting allows the replacement of the internal routines to
+<p>This setting allows the replacement of the internal routines to
 calculate the total disk space and amount available with an external
 routine. The example below gives a possible script that might fulfill
 this function.
-<p><br>The external program will be passed a single parameter indicating a
+<p>The external program will be passed a single parameter indicating a
 directory in the filesystem being queried. This will typically consist
 of the string <code>"./"</code>. The script should return two integers in
 ascii. The first should be the total disk space in blocks, and the
 second should be the number of available blocks. An optional third
 return value can give the block size in bytes. The default blocksize
 is 1024 bytes.
-<p><br>Note: Your script should <em>NOT</em> be setuid or setgid and should be
+<p>Note: Your script should <em>NOT</em> be setuid or setgid and should be
 owned by (and writeable only by) root!
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	By default internal routines for determining the disk capacity
 and remaining space will be used.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	dfree command = /usr/local/samba/bin/dfree</code>
-<p><br>Where the script dfree (which must be made executable) could be:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p>Where the script dfree (which must be made executable) could be:
+<p><pre>
 
 	#!/bin/sh
 	df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>or perhaps (on Sys V based systems):
-<p><br><pre>
+<p>or perhaps (on Sys V based systems):
+<p><pre>
 
 	#!/bin/sh
 	/usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $3" "$5}'
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>Note that you may have to replace the command names with full
+<p>Note that you may have to replace the command names with full
 path names on some systems.
-<p><br><a name="directory"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>directory (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="directorymask"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>directory mask (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is the octal modes which are used when converting DOS
+<p><a name="directory"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>directory (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="directorymask"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>directory mask (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is the octal modes which are used when converting DOS
 modes to UNIX modes when creating UNIX directories.
-<p><br>When a directory is created, the necessary permissions are calculated
+<p>When a directory is created, the necessary permissions are calculated
 according to the mapping from DOS modes to UNIX permissions, and the
 resulting UNIX mode is then bit-wise 'AND'ed with this parameter.
 This parameter may be thought of as a bit-wise MASK for the UNIX modes
 of a directory. Any bit <em>*not*</em> set here will be removed from the
 modes set on a directory when it is created.
-<p><br>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' and 'other'
+<p>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' and 'other'
 write bits from the UNIX mode, allowing only the user who owns the
 directory to modify it.
-<p><br>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from
+<p>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from
 this parameter with the value of the "force directory mode"
 parameter. This parameter is set to 000 by default (i.e. no extra mode
 bits are added).
-<p><br>See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>"force directory mode"</strong></a> parameter
+<p>See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>"force directory mode"</strong></a> parameter
 to cause particular mode bits to always be set on created directories.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>"create mode"</strong></a> parameter for masking
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmode"><strong>"create mode"</strong></a> parameter for masking
 mode bits on created files, and the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>"directory security mask"</strong></a>
 parameter.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	directory mask = 0755</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	directory mask = 0775</code>
-<p><br><a name="directorymode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>directory mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>directory mask</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="directorysecuritymask"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>directory security mask (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified
+<p><a name="directorymode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>directory mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>directory mask</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="directorysecuritymask"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>directory security mask (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified
 when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX permission on a
 directory using the native NT security dialog box.
-<p><br>This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the changed
+<p>This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the changed
 permission bits, thus preventing any bits not in this mask from
 being modified. Essentially, zero bits in this mask may be treated
 as a set of bits the user is not allowed to change.
-<p><br>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
+<p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>directory mask</strong></a> parameter. To allow a user to
 modify all the user/group/world permissions on a directory, set this
 parameter to 0777.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
+<p><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
 means can easily bypass this restriction, so it is primarily
 useful for standalone "appliance" systems.  Administrators of
 most normal systems will probably want to set it to 0777.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
 mode</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securitymask"><strong>security
 mask</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcesecuritymode"><strong>force security mode</strong></a>
 parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	directory security mask = &lt;same as directory mask&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	directory security mask = 0777</code>
-<p><br><a name="dnsproxy"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>dns proxy (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Specifies that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> when acting as a WINS
+<p><a name="dnsproxy"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>dns proxy (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Specifies that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> 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.
-<p><br>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 characters, so
+<p>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.
-<p><br><a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
+<p><a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> spawns a second copy of itself to do the
 DNS name lookup requests, as doing a name lookup is a blocking action.
-<p><br>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>wins support</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>wins support</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	dns proxy = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="domainadmingroup"></a>
+<p><a name="domainadmingroup"></a>
 <strong>domain admin group (G)</strong>
-<p><br>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
+<p>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
 Samba NT Domain Controller Code. It may be removed in a later release.
 To work with the latest code builds that may have more support for
 Samba NT Domain Controller functionality please subscribe to the
 mailing list <strong>Samba-ntdom</strong> available by visiting the web page at
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org/</a>
-<p><br><a name="domainadminusers"></a> 
-<li><strong><strong>domain admin users (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
+<p><a name="domainadminusers"></a> 
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain admin users (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
 Samba NT Domain Controller Code. It may be removed in a later release.
 To work with the latest code builds that may have more support for
 Samba NT Domain Controller functionality please subscribe to the
 mailing list <strong>Samba-ntdom</strong> available by visiting the web page at
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org/</a>
-<p><br><a name="domaingroups"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>domain groups (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
+<p><a name="domaingroups"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain groups (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
 Samba NT Domain Controller Code. It may be removed in a later release.
 To work with the latest code builds that may have more support for
 Samba NT Domain Controller functionality please subscribe to the
 mailing list <strong>Samba-ntdom</strong> available by visiting the web page at
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org/</a>
-<p><br><a name="domainguestgroup"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>domain guest group (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
+<p><a name="domainguestgroup"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain guest group (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
 Samba NT Domain Controller Code. It may be removed in a later release.
 To work with the latest code builds that may have more support for
 Samba NT Domain Controller functionality please subscribe to the
 mailing list <strong>Samba-ntdom</strong> available by visiting the web page at 
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org/</a>
-<p><br><a name="domainguestusers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>domain guest users (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
+<p><a name="domainguestusers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain guest users (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is an <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> parameter that is part of the unfinished
 Samba NT Domain Controller Code. It may be removed in a later release.
 To work with the latest code builds that may have more support for
 Samba NT Domain Controller functionality please subscribe to the
 mailing list <strong>Samba-ntdom</strong> available by visiting the web page at
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org/</a>
-<p><br><a name="domainlogons"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>domain logons (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If set to true, the Samba server will serve Windows 95/98 Domain
+<p><a name="domainlogons"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain logons (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If set to true, the Samba server will serve Windows 95/98 Domain
 logons for the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a> it is in. For more
 details on setting up this feature see the file DOMAINS.txt in the
 Samba documentation directory <code>docs/</code> shipped with the source code.
-<p><br>Note that Win95/98 Domain logons are <em>NOT</em> the same as Windows
+<p>Note that Win95/98 Domain logons are <em>NOT</em> the same as Windows
 NT Domain logons. NT Domain logons require a Primary Domain Controller
 (PDC) for the Domain. It is intended that in a future release Samba
 will be able to provide this functionality for Windows NT clients
 also.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	domain logons = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="domainmaster"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>domain master (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Tell <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to enable WAN-wide browse list
+<p><a name="domainmaster"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>domain master (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Tell <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to enable WAN-wide browse list
 collation. Setting this option causes <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to
 claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name that identifies it as a
 domain master browser for its given
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ ask <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> for a complete copy of the b
 for the whole wide area network.  Browser clients will then contact
 their local master browser, and will receive the domain-wide browse
 list, instead of just the list for their broadcast-isolated subnet.
-<p><br>Note that Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers expect to be able to
+<p>Note that Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers expect to be able to
 claim this <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a> specific special NetBIOS
 name that identifies them as domain master browsers for that
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a> by default (i.e. there is no way to
@@ -1472,30 +1472,30 @@ if this parameter is set and <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> cla
 special name for a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>workgroup</strong></a> before a Windows NT
 PDC is able to do so then cross subnet browsing will behave strangely
 and may fail.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	domain master = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="dontdescend"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>dont descend (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>There are certain directories on some systems (e.g., the <code>/proc</code> tree
+<p><a name="dontdescend"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>dont descend (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>There are certain directories on some systems (e.g., the <code>/proc</code> tree
 under Linux) that are either not of interest to clients or are
 infinitely deep (recursive). This parameter allows you to specify a
 comma-delimited list of directories that the server should always show
 as empty.
-<p><br>Note that Samba can be very fussy about the exact format of the "dont
+<p>Note that Samba can be very fussy about the exact format of the "dont
 descend" entries. For example you may need <code>"./proc"</code> instead of
 just <code>"/proc"</code>. Experimentation is the best policy :-)
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none (i.e., all directories are OK to descend)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	dont descend = /proc,/dev</code>
-<p><br><a name="dosfiletimeresolution"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>dos filetime resolution (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Under the DOS and Windows FAT filesystem, the finest granularity on
+<p><a name="dosfiletimeresolution"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>dos filetime resolution (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Under the DOS and Windows FAT filesystem, the finest granularity on
 time resolution is two seconds. Setting this parameter for a share
 causes Samba to round the reported time down to the nearest two second
 boundary when a query call that requires one second resolution is made
 to <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>.
-<p><br>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++
+<p>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++
 when used against Samba shares. If oplocks are enabled on a share,
 Visual C++ uses two different time reading calls to check if a file
 has changed since it was last read. One of these calls uses a
@@ -1505,32 +1505,32 @@ timestamp of an odd number of seconds then the two timestamps will not
 match and Visual C++ will keep reporting the file has changed. Setting
 this option causes the two timestamps to match, and Visual C++ is
 happy.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	dos filetime resolution = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	dos filetime resolution = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="dosfiletimes"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>dos filetimes (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Under DOS and Windows, if a user can write to a file they can change
+<p><a name="dosfiletimes"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>dos filetimes (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Under DOS and Windows, if a user can write to a file they can change
 the timestamp on it. Under POSIX semantics, only the owner of the file
 or root may change the timestamp. By default, Samba runs with POSIX
 semantics and refuses to change the timestamp on a file if the user
 smbd is acting on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option
 to True allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file timestamp as
 DOS requires.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	dos filetimes = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	dos filetimes = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="encryptpasswords"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>encrypt passwords (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be negotiated
+<p><a name="encryptpasswords"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>encrypt passwords (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be negotiated
 with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and above and also
 Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords unless a
 registry entry is changed. To use encrypted passwords in Samba see the
 file ENCRYPTION.txt in the Samba documentation directory <code>docs/</code>
 shipped with the source code.
-<p><br>In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly
+<p>In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> must either have access to a local
 <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd (5)</strong></a> file (see the
 <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd (8)</strong></a> program for information on
@@ -1539,18 +1539,18 @@ how to set up and maintain this file), or set the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>"server"</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"domain"</strong></a> which causes
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to authenticate against another server.
-<p><br><a name="exec"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>exec (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="fakedirectorycreatetimes"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>fake directory create times (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create time for all files
+<p><a name="exec"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>exec (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="fakedirectorycreatetimes"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>fake directory create times (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create time for all files
 and directories. This is not the same as the ctime - status change
 time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default reports the earliest of
 the various times Unix does keep. Setting this parameter for a share
 causes Samba to always report midnight 1-1-1980 as the create time for
 directories.
-<p><br>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++
+<p>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++
 when used against Samba shares. Visual C++ generated makefiles have
 the object directory as a dependency for each object file, and a make
 rule to create the directory. Also, when NMAKE compares timestamps it
@@ -1558,121 +1558,121 @@ uses the creation time when examining a directory. Thus the object
 directory will be created if it does not exist, but once it does exist
 it will always have an earlier timestamp than the object files it
 contains.
-<p><br>However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time reported by
+<p>However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time reported by
 Samba will be updated whenever a file is created or deleted in the
 directory. NMAKE therefore finds all object files in the object
 directory bar the last one built are out of date compared to the
 directory and rebuilds them. Enabling this option ensures directories
 always predate their contents and an NMAKE build will proceed as
 expected.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	fake directory create times = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	fake directory create times = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="fakeoplocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>fake oplocks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to
+<p><a name="fakeoplocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>fake oplocks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to
 locally cache file operations. If a server grants an oplock
 (opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume that it is the
 only one accessing the file and it will aggressively cache file
 data. With some oplock types the client may even cache file open/close
 operations. This can give enormous performance benefits.
-<p><br>When you set <code>"fake oplocks = yes"</code> <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will
+<p>When you set <code>"fake oplocks = yes"</code> <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will
 always grant oplock requests no matter how many clients are using the
 file.
-<p><br>It is generally much better to use the real <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
+<p>It is generally much better to use the real <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
 support rather than this parameter.
-<p><br>If you enable this option on all read-only shares or shares that you
+<p>If you enable this option on all read-only shares or shares that you
 know will only be accessed from one client at a time such as
 physically read-only media like CDROMs, you will see a big performance
 improvement on many operations. If you enable this option on shares
 where multiple clients may be accessing the files read-write at the
 same time you can get data corruption. Use this option carefully!
-<p><br>This option is disabled by default.
-<p><br><a name="followsymlinks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>follow symlinks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter allows the Samba administrator to stop
+<p>This option is disabled by default.
+<p><a name="followsymlinks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>follow symlinks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter allows the Samba administrator to stop
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> from following symbolic links in a
 particular share. Setting this parameter to <em>"No"</em> prevents any file
 or directory that is a symbolic link from being followed (the user
 will get an error).  This option is very useful to stop users from
 adding a symbolic link to <code>/etc/passwd</code> in their home directory for
 instance.  However it will slow filename lookups down slightly.
-<p><br>This option is enabled (i.e. <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will follow
+<p>This option is enabled (i.e. <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will follow
 symbolic links) by default.
-<p><br><a name="forcecreatemode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force create mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that will
+<p><a name="forcecreatemode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force create mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that will
 <em>*always*</em> be set on a file by Samba. This is done by bitwise
 'OR'ing these bits onto the mode bits of a file that is being created
 or having its permissions changed. The default for this parameter is
 (in octal) 000. The modes in this parameter are bitwise 'OR'ed onto
 the file mode after the mask set in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create
 mask"</strong></a> parameter is applied.
-<p><br>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> for details
+<p>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> for details
 on masking mode bits on files.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	force create mode = 000</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force create mode = 0755</code>
-<p><br>would force all created files to have read and execute permissions set
+<p>would force all created files to have read and execute permissions set
 for 'group' and 'other' as well as the read/write/execute bits set for
 the 'user'.
-<p><br><a name="forcedirectorymode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force directory mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that will
+<p><a name="forcedirectorymode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force directory mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that will
 <em>*always*</em> be set on a directory created by Samba. This is done by
 bitwise 'OR'ing these bits onto the mode bits of a directory that is
 being created. The default for this parameter is (in octal) 0000 which
 will not add any extra permission bits to a created directory. This
 operation is done after the mode mask in the parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a> is applied.
-<p><br>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a> for
+<p>See also the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a> for
 details on masking mode bits on created directories.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#inheritpermissions"><strong>"inherit permissions"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	force directory mode = 000</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force directory mode = 0755</code>
-<p><br>would force all created directories to have read and execute
+<p>would force all created directories to have read and execute
 permissions set for 'group' and 'other' as well as the
 read/write/execute bits set for the 'user'.
-<p><br><a name="forcedirectorysecuritymode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force directory security mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified when
+<p><a name="forcedirectorysecuritymode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force directory security mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified when
 a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX permission on a directory
 using the native NT security dialog box.
-<p><br>This parameter is applied as a mask (OR'ed with) to the changed
+<p>This parameter is applied as a mask (OR'ed with) to the changed
 permission bits, thus forcing any bits in this mask that the user may
 have modified to be on. Essentially, one bits in this mask may be
 treated as a set of bits that, when modifying security on a directory,
 the user has always set to be 'on'.
-<p><br>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
+<p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>force directory mode</strong></a> parameter. To allow
 a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a directory,
 with restrictions set this parameter to 000.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
+<p><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
 means can easily bypass this restriction, so it is primarily
 useful for standalone "appliance" systems.  Administrators of
 most normal systems will probably want to set it to 0000.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security mask</strong></a>,
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security mask</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securitymask"><strong>security mask</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcesecuritymode"><strong>force security
 mode</strong></a> parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	force directory security mode = &lt;same as force directory mode&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force directory security mode = 0</code>
-<p><br><a name="forcegroup"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force group (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies a UNIX group name that will be assigned as the default
+<p><a name="forcegroup"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force group (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies a UNIX group name that will be assigned as the default
 primary group for all users connecting to this service. This is useful
 for sharing files by ensuring that all access to files on service will
 use the named group for their permissions checking. Thus, by assigning
 permissions for this group to the files and directories within this
 service the Samba administrator can restrict or allow sharing of these
 files.
-<p><br>In Samba 2.0.5 and above this parameter has extended functionality in the following
+<p>In Samba 2.0.5 and above this parameter has extended functionality in the following
 way. If the group name listed here has a '+' character prepended to it
 then the current user accessing the share only has the primary group 
 default assigned to this group if they are already assigned as a member
@@ -1683,151 +1683,151 @@ assignment. For example, the setting <code>force group = +sys</code> means
 that only users who are already in group sys will have their default
 primary group assigned to sys when accessing this Samba share. All
 other users will retain their ordinary primary group.
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>"force user"</strong></a> parameter is also set the
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>"force user"</strong></a> parameter is also set the
 group specified in <strong>force group</strong> will override the primary group
 set in <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>"force user"</strong></a>.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>"force user"</strong></a>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forceuser"><strong>"force user"</strong></a>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	no forced group</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force group = agroup</code>
-<p><br><a name="forcesecuritymode"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force security mode (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified when
+<p><a name="forcesecuritymode"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force security mode (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified when
 a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX permission on a file
 using the native NT security dialog box.
-<p><br>This parameter is applied as a mask (OR'ed with) to the changed
+<p>This parameter is applied as a mask (OR'ed with) to the changed
 permission bits, thus forcing any bits in this mask that the user may
 have modified to be on. Essentially, one bits in this mask may be
 treated as a set of bits that, when modifying security on a file, the
 user has always set to be 'on'.
-<p><br>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
+<p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>force create mode</strong></a> parameter. To allow
 a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file,
 with no restrictions set this parameter to 000.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
+<p><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
 means can easily bypass this restriction, so it is primarily
 useful for standalone "appliance" systems.  Administrators of
 most normal systems will probably want to set it to 0000.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
 mode</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security
 mask</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securitymask"><strong>security mask</strong></a>
 parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	force security mode = &lt;same as force create mode&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force security mode = 0</code>
-<p><br><a name="forceuser"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>force user (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies a UNIX user name that will be assigned as the default
+<p><a name="forceuser"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>force user (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies a UNIX user name that will be assigned as the default
 user for all users connecting to this service. This is useful for
 sharing files. You should also use it carefully as using it
 incorrectly can cause security problems.
-<p><br>This user name only gets used once a connection is established. Thus
+<p>This user name only gets used once a connection is established. Thus
 clients still need to connect as a valid user and supply a valid
 password. Once connected, all file operations will be performed as the
 <code>"forced user"</code>, no matter what username the client connected as.
-<p><br>This can be very useful.
-<p><br>In Samba 2.0.5 and above this parameter also causes the primary
+<p>This can be very useful.
+<p>In Samba 2.0.5 and above this parameter also causes the primary
 group of the forced user to be used as the primary group for all
 file activity. Prior to 2.0.5 the primary group was left as the
 primary group of the connecting user (this was a bug).
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>"force group"</strong></a>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>"force group"</strong></a>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	no forced user</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	force user = auser</code>
-<p><br><a name="fstype"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>fstype (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter allows the administrator to configure the string that
+<p><a name="fstype"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>fstype (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter allows the administrator to configure the string that
 specifies the type of filesystem a share is using that is reported by
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> when a client queries the filesystem type
 for a share. The default type is <strong>"NTFS"</strong> for compatibility with
 Windows NT but this can be changed to other strings such as "Samba" or
 "FAT" if required.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	fstype = NTFS</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	fstype = Samba</code>
-<p><br><a name="getwdcache"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>getwd cache (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a tuning option. When this is enabled a caching algorithm
+<p><a name="getwdcache"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>getwd cache (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a tuning option. When this is enabled a caching algorithm
 will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd() calls. This can have
 a significant impact on performance, especially when the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#widelinks"><strong>widelinks</strong></a> parameter is set to False.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	getwd cache = No</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	getwd cache = Yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="group"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>group (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>"force group"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="guestaccount"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>guest account (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a username which will be used for access to services which are
+<p><a name="group"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>group (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcegroup"><strong>"force group"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="guestaccount"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>guest account (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a username which will be used for access to services which are
 specified as <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>'guest ok'</strong></a> (see below). Whatever
 privileges this user has will be available to any client connecting to
 the guest service. Typically this user will exist in the password
 file, but will not have a valid login. The user account <strong>"ftp"</strong> is
 often a good choice for this parameter. If a username is specified in
 a given service, the specified username overrides this one.
-<p><br>One some systems the default guest account "nobody" may not be able to
+<p>One some systems the default guest account "nobody" may not be able to
 print. Use another account in this case. You should test this by
 trying to log in as your guest user (perhaps by using the <code>"su -"</code>
 command) and trying to print using the system print command such as
 <strong>lpr (1)</strong> or <strong>lp (1)</strong>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	specified at compile time, usually "nobody"</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	guest account = ftp</code>
-<p><br><a name="guestok"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>guest ok (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this parameter is <em>'yes'</em> for a service, then no password is
+<p><a name="guestok"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>guest ok (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this parameter is <em>'yes'</em> for a service, then no password is
 required to connect to the service. Privileges will be those of the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>guest account</strong></a>.
-<p><br>See the section below on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> for more
+<p>See the section below on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> for more
 information about this option.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	guest ok = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	guest ok = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="guestonly"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>guest only (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this parameter is <em>'yes'</em> for a service, then only guest
+<p><a name="guestonly"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>guest only (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this parameter is <em>'yes'</em> for a service, then only guest
 connections to the service are permitted. This parameter will have no
 affect if <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>"guest ok"</strong></a> or <a href="smb.conf.5.html#public"><strong>"public"</strong></a>
 is not set for the service.
-<p><br>See the section below on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> for more
+<p>See the section below on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> for more
 information about this option.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	guest only = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	guest only = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="hidedotfiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>hide dot files (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean parameter that controls whether files starting with
+<p><a name="hidedotfiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hide dot files (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean parameter that controls whether files starting with
 a dot appear as hidden files.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	hide dot files = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	hide dot files = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="hidefiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>hide files(S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of files or directories that are not visible but are
+<p><a name="hidefiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hide files(S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of files or directories that are not visible but are
 accessible.  The DOS 'hidden' attribute is applied to any files or
 directories that match.
-<p><br>Each entry in the list must be separated by a <code>'/'</code>, which allows
+<p>Each entry in the list must be separated by a <code>'/'</code>, which allows
 spaces to be included in the entry.  <code>'*'</code> and <code>'?'</code> can be used
 to specify multiple files or directories as in DOS wildcards.
-<p><br>Each entry must be a Unix path, not a DOS path and must not include the 
+<p>Each entry must be a Unix path, not a DOS path and must not include the 
 Unix directory separator <code>'/'</code>.
-<p><br>Note that the case sensitivity option is applicable in hiding files.
-<p><br>Setting this parameter will affect the performance of Samba, as it
+<p>Note that the case sensitivity option is applicable in hiding files.
+<p>Setting this parameter will affect the performance of Samba, as it
 will be forced to check all files and directories for a match as they
 are scanned.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidedotfiles"><strong>"hide dot files"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>"veto
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidedotfiles"><strong>"hide dot files"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>"veto
 files"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case sensitive"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default</strong>
+<p><strong>Default</strong>
 <pre>
 
 	No files or directories are hidden by this option (dot files are
@@ -1835,139 +1835,147 @@ files"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case se
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><strong>Example</strong>
+<p><strong>Example</strong>
 <code>	hide files = /.*/DesktopFolderDB/TrashFor%m/resource.frk/</code>
-<p><br>The above example is based on files that the Macintosh SMB client
+<p>The above example is based on files that the Macintosh SMB client
 (DAVE) available from <a href="http://www.thursby.com"><strong>Thursby</strong></a> creates for
 internal use, and also still hides all files beginning with a dot.
-<p><br><a name="homedirmap"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>homedir map (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>"nis homedir"</strong></a> is true, and
+<p><a name="hidelocalusers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hide local users(G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter toggles the hiding of local UNIX users (root, wheel, floppy, etc)
+from remote clients.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
+<code> hide local users = No</code>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
+<code> hide local users = Yes</code>
+<p><a name="homedirmap"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>homedir map (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>"nis homedir"</strong></a> is true, and
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> is also acting as a Win95/98 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon
 server</strong></a> then this parameter specifies the NIS (or YP)
 map from which the server for the user's home directory should be
 extracted.  At present, only the Sun auto.home map format is
 understood. The form of the map is:
-<p><br><code>username	server:/some/file/system</code>
-<p><br>and the program will extract the servername from before the first
+<p><code>username	server:/some/file/system</code>
+<p>and the program will extract the servername from before the first
 <code>':'</code>.  There should probably be a better parsing system that copes
 with different map formats and also Amd (another automounter) maps.
-<p><br>NB: A working NIS is required on the system for this option to work.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>"nis homedir"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>domain
+<p>NB: A working NIS is required on the system for this option to work.
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nishomedir"><strong>"nis homedir"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>domain
 logons</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	homedir map = auto.home</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	homedir map = amd.homedir</code>
-<p><br><a name="hostsallow"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>hosts allow (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>A synonym for this parameter is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowhosts"><strong>'allow hosts'</strong></a>
-<p><br>This parameter is a comma, space, or tab delimited set of hosts which
+<p><a name="hostsallow"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hosts allow (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>A synonym for this parameter is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowhosts"><strong>'allow hosts'</strong></a>
+<p>This parameter is a comma, space, or tab delimited set of hosts which
 are permitted to access a service.
-<p><br>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section then it will
+<p>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section then it will
 apply to all services, regardless of whether the individual service
 has a different setting.
-<p><br>You can specify the hosts by name or IP number. For example, you could
+<p>You can specify the hosts by name or IP number. For example, you could
 restrict access to only the hosts on a Class C subnet with something
 like <code>"allow hosts = 150.203.5."</code>. The full syntax of the list is
 described in the man page <strong>hosts_access (5)</strong>. Note that this man
 page may not be present on your system, so a brief description will
 be given here also.
-<p><br>Note that the localhost address 127.0.0.1 will always be allowed
+<p>Note that the localhost address 127.0.0.1 will always be allowed
 access unless specifically denied by a "hosts deny" option.
-<p><br>You can also specify hosts by network/netmask pairs and by netgroup
+<p>You can also specify hosts by network/netmask pairs and by netgroup
 names if your system supports netgroups. The <em>EXCEPT</em> keyword can also
 be used to limit a wildcard list. The following examples may provide
 some help:
-<p><br><strong>Example 1</strong>: allow all IPs in 150.203.*.* except one
-<p><br><code>	hosts allow = 150.203. EXCEPT 150.203.6.66</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example 2</strong>: allow hosts that match the given network/netmask
-<p><br><code>	hosts allow = 150.203.15.0/255.255.255.0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example 3</strong>: allow a couple of hosts
-<p><br><code>	hosts allow = lapland, arvidsjaur</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example 4</strong>: allow only hosts in NIS netgroup "foonet", but 
+<p><strong>Example 1</strong>: allow all IPs in 150.203.*.* except one
+<p><code>	hosts allow = 150.203. EXCEPT 150.203.6.66</code>
+<p><strong>Example 2</strong>: allow hosts that match the given network/netmask
+<p><code>	hosts allow = 150.203.15.0/255.255.255.0</code>
+<p><strong>Example 3</strong>: allow a couple of hosts
+<p><code>	hosts allow = lapland, arvidsjaur</code>
+<p><strong>Example 4</strong>: allow only hosts in NIS netgroup "foonet", but 
 deny access from one particular host
-<p><br><code> 	hosts allow = @foonet</code>
-<p><br><code> 	hosts deny = pirate</code>
-<p><br>Note that access still requires suitable user-level passwords.
-<p><br>See <a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>testparm (1)</strong></a> for a way of testing your
+<p><code> 	hosts allow = @foonet</code>
+<p><code> 	hosts deny = pirate</code>
+<p>Note that access still requires suitable user-level passwords.
+<p>See <a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>testparm (1)</strong></a> for a way of testing your
 host access to see if it does what you expect.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none (i.e., all hosts permitted access)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	allow hosts = 150.203.5. myhost.mynet.edu.au</code>
-<p><br><a name="hostsdeny"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>hosts deny (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The opposite of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>'hosts allow'</strong></a> - hosts listed
+<p><a name="hostsdeny"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hosts deny (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The opposite of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>'hosts allow'</strong></a> - hosts listed
 here are <em>NOT</em> permitted access to services unless the specific
 services have their own lists to override this one. Where the lists
 conflict, the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>'allow'</strong></a> list takes precedence.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none (i.e., no hosts specifically excluded)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	hosts deny = 150.203.4. badhost.mynet.edu.au</code>
-<p><br><a name="hostsequiv"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>hosts equiv (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this global parameter is a non-null string, it specifies the name
+<p><a name="hostsequiv"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>hosts equiv (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this global parameter is a non-null string, it specifies the name
 of a file to read for the names of hosts and users who will be allowed
 access without specifying a password.
-<p><br>This is not be confused with <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a> which
+<p>This is not be confused with <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hostsallow"><strong>hosts allow</strong></a> which
 is about hosts access to services and is more useful for guest
 services. <strong>hosts equiv</strong> may be useful for NT clients which will not
 supply passwords to samba.
-<p><br>NOTE: The use of <strong>hosts equiv</strong> can be a major security hole. This is
+<p>NOTE: The use of <strong>hosts equiv</strong> can be a major security hole. This is
 because you are trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is
 very easy to get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the
 <strong>hosts equiv</strong> option be only used if you really know what you are
 doing, or perhaps on a home network where you trust your spouse and
 kids. And only if you <em>really</em> trust them :-).
-<p><br><strong>Default</strong>
+<p><strong>Default</strong>
 <code>	No host equivalences</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example</strong>
+<p><strong>Example</strong>
 <code>	hosts equiv = /etc/hosts.equiv</code>
-<p><br><a name="include"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>include (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This allows you to include one config file inside another.  The file
+<p><a name="include"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>include (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This allows you to include one config file inside another.  The file
 is included literally, as though typed in place.
-<p><br>It takes the standard substitutions, except <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a>,
+<p>It takes the standard substitutions, except <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentP"><strong>%P</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>%S</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="inheritpermissions"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>inherit permissions (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The permissions on new files and directories are normally governed by
+<p><a name="inheritpermissions"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>inherit permissions (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The permissions on new files and directories are normally governed by
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>"force create mode"</strong></a> and
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>"force directory mode"</strong></a>
 but the boolean inherit permissions parameter overrides this.
-<p><br>New directories inherit the mode of the parent directory,
+<p>New directories inherit the mode of the parent directory,
 including bits such as setgid.
-<p><br>New files inherit their read/write bits from the parent directory.
+<p>New files inherit their read/write bits from the parent directory.
 Their execute bits continue to be determined by
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maparchive"><strong>"map archive"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maphidden"><strong>"map hidden"</strong></a> and
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#mapsystem"><strong>"map system"</strong></a> as usual.
-<p><br>Note that the setuid bit is *never* set via inheritance
+<p>Note that the setuid bit is *never* set via inheritance
 (the code explicitly prohibits this).
-<p><br>This can be particularly useful on large systems with many users,
+<p>This can be particularly useful on large systems with many users,
 perhaps several thousand,
 to allow a single <strong>[homes]</strong> share to be used flexibly by each user.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a>,
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorymask"><strong>"directory mask"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcecreatemode"><strong>"force create mode"</strong></a> and
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorymode"><strong>"force directory mode"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default</strong>
+<p><strong>Default</strong>
 <code>   inherit permissions = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example</strong>
+<p><strong>Example</strong>
 <code>   inherit permissions = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="interfaces"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>interfaces (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to override the default network interfaces list
+<p><a name="interfaces"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>interfaces (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to override the default network interfaces list
 that Samba will use for browsing, name registration and other NBT
 traffic. By default Samba will query the kernel for the list of all
 active interfaces and use any interfaces except 127.0.0.1 that are
 broadcast capable.
-<p><br>The option takes a list of interface strings. Each string can be in
+<p>The option takes a list of interface strings. Each string can be in
 any of the following forms:
-<p><br><ul>
+<p><dl>
 <li > a network interface name (such as eth0). This may include
      shell-like wildcards so eth* will match any interface starting
      with the substring "eth"
@@ -1975,27 +1983,27 @@ any of the following forms:
      from the list of interfaces obtained from the kernel
 <li > an IP/mask pair. 
 <li > a broadcast/mask pair. 
-</ul>
-<p><br>The "mask" parameters can either be a bit length (such as 24 for a C
+</dl>
+<p>The "mask" parameters can either be a bit length (such as 24 for a C
 class network) or a full netmask in dotted decmal form.
-<p><br>The "IP" parameters above can either be a full dotted decimal IP
+<p>The "IP" parameters above can either be a full dotted decimal IP
 address or a hostname which will be looked up via the OSes normal
 hostname resolution mechanisms.
-<p><br>For example, the following line:
-<p><br><code>interfaces = eth0 192.168.2.10/24 192.168.3.10/255.255.255.0</code>
-<p><br>would configure three network interfaces corresponding to the eth0
+<p>For example, the following line:
+<p><code>interfaces = eth0 192.168.2.10/24 192.168.3.10/255.255.255.0</code>
+<p>would configure three network interfaces corresponding to the eth0
 device and IP addresses 192.168.2.10 and 192.168.3.10. The netmasks of
 the latter two interfaces would be set to 255.255.255.0.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#bindinterfacesonly"><strong>"bind interfaces only"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="invalidusers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>invalid users (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users that should not be allowed to login to this
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#bindinterfacesonly"><strong>"bind interfaces only"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="invalidusers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>invalid users (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users that should not be allowed to login to this
 service. This is really a <em>"paranoid"</em> check to absolutely ensure an
 improper setting does not breach your security.
-<p><br>A name starting with a <code>'@'</code> is interpreted as an NIS netgroup first
+<p>A name starting with a <code>'@'</code> is interpreted as an NIS netgroup first
 (if your system supports NIS), and then as a UNIX group if the name
 was not found in the NIS netgroup database.
-<p><br>A name starting with <code>'+'</code> is interpreted only by looking in the
+<p>A name starting with <code>'+'</code> is interpreted only by looking in the
 UNIX group database. A name starting with <code>'&amp;'</code> is interpreted only
 by looking in the NIS netgroup database (this requires NIS to be
 working on your system). The characters <code>'+'</code> and <code>'&amp;'</code> may be
@@ -2004,120 +2012,120 @@ used at the start of the name in either order so the value
 netgroup database, and the value <code>"&amp;+group"</code> means check the NIS
 netgroup database, followed by the UNIX group database (the same as
 the <code>'@'</code> prefix).
-<p><br>The current servicename is substituted for
+<p>The current servicename is substituted for
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>%S</strong></a>. This is useful in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a>
 section.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validusers"><strong>"valid users"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validusers"><strong>"valid users"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	No invalid users</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	invalid users = root fred admin @wheel</code>
-<p><br><a name="keepalive"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>keepalive (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The value of the parameter (an integer) represents the number of
+<p><a name="keepalive"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>keepalive (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The value of the parameter (an integer) represents the number of
 seconds between <strong>'keepalive'</strong> packets. If this parameter is zero, no
 keepalive packets will be sent. Keepalive packets, if sent, allow the
 server to tell whether a client is still present and responding.
-<p><br>Keepalives should, in general, not be needed if the socket being used
+<p>Keepalives should, in general, not be needed if the socket being used
 has the SO_KEEPALIVE attribute set on it (see <a href="smb.conf.5.html#socketoptions"><strong>"socket
 options"</strong></a>). Basically you should only use this option
 if you strike difficulties.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	keepalive = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	keepalive = 60</code>
-<p><br><a name="kerneloplocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>kernel oplocks (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>For UNIXs that support kernel based <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
+<p><a name="kerneloplocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>kernel oplocks (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>For UNIXs that support kernel based <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a>
 (currently only IRIX but hopefully also Linux and FreeBSD soon) this
 parameter allows the use of them to be turned on or off.
-<p><br>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a> to be
+<p>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>oplocks</strong></a> to be
 broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation accesses a file
 that <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> has oplocked. This allows complete
 data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is a
 <em>very</em> cool feature :-).
-<p><br>This parameter defaults to <em>"On"</em> on systems that have the support,
+<p>This parameter defaults to <em>"On"</em> on systems that have the support,
 and <em>"off"</em> on systems that don't. You should never need to touch
 this parameter.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#level2oplocks"><strong>"level2 oplocks"</strong></a>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#level2oplocks"><strong>"level2 oplocks"</strong></a>
 parameters.
-<p><br><a name="ldapfilter"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap filter (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldapfilter"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap filter (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies an LDAP search filter used to search for a
+<p>This parameter specifies an LDAP search filter used to search for a
 user name in the LDAP database. It must contain the string
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentU"><strong>%u</strong></a> which will be replaced with the user being
 searched for.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	empty string.</code>
-<p><br><a name="ldapport"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap port (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldapport"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap port (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the TCP port number to use to contact
+<p>This parameter specifies the TCP port number to use to contact
 the LDAP server on.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ldap port = 389.</code>
-<p><br><a name="ldaproot"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap root (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldaproot"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap root (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the entity to bind to the LDAP server
+<p>This parameter specifies the entity to bind to the LDAP server
 as (essentially the LDAP username) in order to be able to perform
 queries and modifications on the LDAP database.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaprootpasswd"><strong>ldap root passwd</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaprootpasswd"><strong>ldap root passwd</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	empty string (no user defined)</code>
-<p><br><a name="ldaprootpasswd"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap root passwd (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldaprootpasswd"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap root passwd (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the password for the entity to bind to the
+<p>This parameter specifies the password for the entity to bind to the
 LDAP server as (the password for this LDAP username) in order to be
 able to perform queries and modifications on the LDAP database.
-<p><br><em>BUGS:</em> This parameter should <em>NOT</em> be a readable parameter
+<p><em>BUGS:</em> This parameter should <em>NOT</em> be a readable parameter
 in the <strong>smb.conf</strong> file and will be removed once a correct
 storage place is found.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaproot"><strong>ldap root</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#ldaproot"><strong>ldap root</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	empty string.</code>
-<p><br><a name="ldapserver"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap server (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldapserver"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap server (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the DNS name of the LDAP server to use
+<p>This parameter specifies the DNS name of the LDAP server to use
 for SMB/CIFS authentication purposes.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ldap server = localhost</code>
-<p><br><a name="ldapsuffix"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ldap suffix (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
+<p><a name="ldapsuffix"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ldap suffix (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is part of the <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> Samba support for a
 password database stored on an LDAP server back-end. These options
 are only available if your version of Samba was configured with
 the <strong>--with-ldap</strong> option.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the <code>"dn"</code> or LDAP <em>"distinguished name"</em>
+<p>This parameter specifies the <code>"dn"</code> or LDAP <em>"distinguished name"</em>
 that tells <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to start from when searching
 for an entry in the LDAP password database.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	empty string.</code>
-<p><br><a name="level2oplocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>level2 oplocks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter (new in Samba 2.0.5) controls whether Samba supports
+<p><a name="level2oplocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>level2 oplocks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter (new in Samba 2.0.5) controls whether Samba supports
 level2 (read-only) oplocks on a share. In Samba 2.0.5 this parameter
 defaults to "False" as the code is new, but will default to "True"
 in a later release.
-<p><br>Level2, or read-only oplocks allow Windows NT clients that have an
+<p>Level2, or read-only oplocks allow Windows NT clients that have an
 oplock on a file to downgrade from a read-write oplock to a read-only
 oplock once a second client opens the file (instead of releasing all
 oplocks on a second open, as in traditional, exclusive oplocks). This
@@ -2125,26 +2133,26 @@ allows all openers of the file that support level2 oplocks to cache
 the file for read-ahead only (ie. they may not cache writes or lock
 requests) and increases performance for many acesses of files that
 are not commonly written (such as application .EXE files).
-<p><br>Once one of the clients which have a read-only oplock writes to
+<p>Once one of the clients which have a read-only oplock writes to
 the file all clients are notified (no reply is needed or waited
 for) and told to break their oplocks to "none" and delete any
 read-ahead caches.
-<p><br>It is recommended that this parameter be turned on to speed access
+<p>It is recommended that this parameter be turned on to speed access
 to shared executables (and also to test the code :-).
-<p><br>For more discussions on level2 oplocks see the CIFS spec.
-<p><br>Currently, if <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> are supported
+<p>For more discussions on level2 oplocks see the CIFS spec.
+<p>Currently, if <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> are supported
 then level2 oplocks are not granted (even if this parameter is set
 to <code>"true"</code>). Note also, the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a> parameter must
 be set to "true" on this share in order for this parameter to have any
 effect.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> parameters.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> level2 oplocks = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> level2 oplocks = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="lmannounce"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lm announce (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter determines if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will produce
+<p><a name="lmannounce"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lm announce (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter determines if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will produce
 Lanman announce broadcasts that are needed by <strong>OS/2</strong> clients in order
 for them to see the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter
 can have three values, <code>"true"</code>, <code>"false"</code>, or <code>"auto"</code>. The
@@ -2155,36 +2163,36 @@ interval"</strong></a>. If set to <code>"auto"</code> Samba will not send Lanman
 announce broadcasts by default but will listen for them. If it hears
 such a broadcast on the wire it will then start sending them at a
 frequency set by the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lminterval"><strong>"lm interval"</strong></a>.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lminterval"><strong>"lm interval"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lminterval"><strong>"lm interval"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	lm announce = auto</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	lm announce = true</code>
-<p><br><a name="lminterval"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lm interval (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If Samba is set to produce Lanman announce broadcasts needed by
+<p><a name="lminterval"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lm interval (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If Samba is set to produce Lanman announce broadcasts needed by
 <strong>OS/2</strong> clients (see the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>"lm announce"</strong></a>
 parameter) then this parameter defines the frequency in seconds with
 which they will be made.  If this is set to zero then no Lanman
 announcements will be made despite the setting of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>"lm
 announce"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>"lm announce"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lmannounce"><strong>"lm announce"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	lm interval = 60</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	lm interval = 120</code>
-<p><br><a name="loadprinters"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>load printers (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>A boolean variable that controls whether all printers in the printcap
+<p><a name="loadprinters"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>load printers (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>A boolean variable that controls whether all printers in the printcap
 will be loaded for browsing by default. See the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>"printers"</strong></a> section for more details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	load printers = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	load printers = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="localmaster"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>local master (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to try and become a
+<p><a name="localmaster"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>local master (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to try and become a
 local master browser on a subnet. If set to False then
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will not attempt to become a local master
 browser on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By
@@ -2192,260 +2200,260 @@ default this value is set to true. Setting this value to true doesn't
 mean that Samba will <em>become</em> the local master browser on a subnet,
 just that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will <em>participate</em> in
 elections for local master browser.
-<p><br>Setting this value to False will cause <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a>
+<p>Setting this value to False will cause <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a>
 <em>never</em> to become a local master browser.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	local master = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="lockdir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lock dir (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdirectory"><strong>"lock directory"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="lockdirectory"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lock directory (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option specifies the directory where lock files will be placed.
+<p><a name="lockdir"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lock dir (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdirectory"><strong>"lock directory"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="lockdirectory"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lock directory (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option specifies the directory where lock files will be placed.
 The lock files are used to implement the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maxconnections"><strong>"max
 connections"</strong></a> option.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	lock directory = /tmp/samba</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks</code>
-<p><br><a name="locking"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>locking (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether or not locking will be performed by the server
+<p><a name="locking"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>locking (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether or not locking will be performed by the server
 in response to lock requests from the client.
-<p><br>If <code>"locking = no"</code>, all lock and unlock requests will appear to
+<p>If <code>"locking = no"</code>, all lock and unlock requests will appear to
 succeed and all lock queries will indicate that the queried lock is
 clear.
-<p><br>If <code>"locking = yes"</code>, real locking will be performed by the server.
-<p><br>This option <em>may</em> be useful for read-only filesystems which <em>may</em>
+<p>If <code>"locking = yes"</code>, real locking will be performed by the server.
+<p>This option <em>may</em> be useful for read-only filesystems which <em>may</em>
 not need locking (such as cdrom drives), although setting this
 parameter of <code>"no"</code> is not really recommended even in this case.
-<p><br>Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a specific
+<p>Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a specific
 service, as lack of locking may result in data corruption. You should
 never need to set this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	locking = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	locking = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="logfile"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>log file (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This options allows you to override the name of the Samba log file
+<p><a name="logfile"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>log file (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This options allows you to override the name of the Samba log file
 (also known as the debug file).
-<p><br>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
+<p>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
 separate log files for each user or machine.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m</code>
-<p><br><a name="loglevel"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>log level (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>"debug level"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="logondrive"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>logon drive (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the local path to which the home directory
+<p><a name="loglevel"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>log level (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>"debug level"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="logondrive"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>logon drive (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the local path to which the home directory
 will be connected (see <a href="smb.conf.5.html#logonhome"><strong>"logon home"</strong></a>) and is only
 used by NT Workstations. 
-<p><br>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
+<p>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	logon drive = h:</code>
-<p><br><a name="logonhome"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>logon home (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the home directory location when a Win95/98 or
+<p><a name="logonhome"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>logon home (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the home directory location when a Win95/98 or
 NT Workstation logs into a Samba PDC.  It allows you to do 
-<p><br><code>"NET USE H: /HOME"</code>
-<p><br>from a command prompt, for example.
-<p><br>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
+<p><code>"NET USE H: /HOME"</code>
+<p>from a command prompt, for example.
+<p>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
 separate logon scripts for each user or machine.
-<p><br>This parameter can be used with Win9X workstations to ensure that
+<p>This parameter can be used with Win9X workstations to ensure that
 roaming profiles are stored in a subdirectory of the user's home
 directory.  This is done in the following way:
-<p><br><code>"     logon home = \\%L\%U\profile"</code>
-<p><br>This tells Samba to return the above string, with substitutions made
+<p><code>"     logon home = \\%L\%U\profile"</code>
+<p>This tells Samba to return the above string, with substitutions made
 when a client requests the info, generally in a NetUserGetInfo request.
 Win9X clients truncate the info to \\server\share when a user does <code>"net use /home"</code>,
 but use the whole string when dealing with profiles.
-<p><br>Note that in prior versions of Samba, the <code>"logon path"</code> was returned rather than
+<p>Note that in prior versions of Samba, the <code>"logon path"</code> was returned rather than
 <code>"logon home"</code>.  This broke <code>"net use /home"</code> but allowed profiles outside the 
 home directory.  The current implementation is correct, and can be used for profiles
 if you use the above trick.
-<p><br>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
+<p>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	logon home = "\\remote_smb_server\%U"</code>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	logon home = "\\%N\%U"</code>
-<p><br><a name="logonpath"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>logon path (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles
+<p><a name="logonpath"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>logon path (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles
 (NTuser.dat etc files for Windows NT) are stored.  Contrary to previous 
 versions of these manual pages, it has nothing to do with Win 9X roaming
 profiles.  To find out how to handle roaming profiles for Win 9X system, see 
 the <code>"logon home"</code> parameter.
-<p><br>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
+<p>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
 separate logon scripts for each user or machine.  It also specifies
 the directory from which the <code>"application data"</code>, (<code>"desktop"</code>, <code>"start menu"</code>,
 <code>"network neighborhood"</code>, <code>"programs"</code> and other folders, and their
 contents, are loaded and displayed on your Windows NT client.
-<p><br>The share and the path must be readable by the user for the
+<p>The share and the path must be readable by the user for the
 preferences and directories to be loaded onto the Windows NT
 client.  The share must be writeable when the logs in for the first
 time, in order that the Windows NT client can create the NTuser.dat
 and other directories.
-<p><br>Thereafter, the directories and any of the contents can, if required, be
+<p>Thereafter, the directories and any of the contents can, if required, be
 made read-only.  It is not advisable that the NTuser.dat file be made
 read-only - rename it to NTuser.man to achieve the desired effect (a
 <em>MAN</em>datory profile). 
-<p><br>Windows clients can sometimes maintain a connection to the [homes]
+<p>Windows clients can sometimes maintain a connection to the [homes]
 share, even though there is no user logged in.  Therefore, it is vital
 that the logon path does not include a reference to the homes share
 (i.e. setting this parameter to <code>\\%N\HOMES\profile_path</code> will cause
 problems).
-<p><br>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
+<p>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
 separate logon scripts for each user or machine.
-<p><br>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
+<p>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	logon path = \\%N\%U\profile</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	logon path = \\PROFILESERVER\HOME_DIR\%U\PROFILE</code>
-<p><br><a name="logonscript"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>logon script (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the batch file (.bat) or NT command file
+<p><a name="logonscript"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>logon script (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the batch file (.bat) or NT command file
 (.cmd) to be downloaded and run on a machine when a user successfully
 logs in.  The file must contain the DOS style cr/lf line endings.
 Using a DOS-style editor to create the file is recommended.
-<p><br>The script must be a relative path to the <code>[netlogon]</code> service.  If
+<p>The script must be a relative path to the <code>[netlogon]</code> service.  If
 the <code>[netlogon]</code> service specifies a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#path"><strong>path</strong></a> of
 /usr/local/samba/netlogon, and logon script = STARTUP.BAT, then the
 file that will be downloaded is:
-<p><br><code>/usr/local/samba/netlogon/STARTUP.BAT</code>
-<p><br>The contents of the batch file is entirely your choice.  A suggested
+<p><code>/usr/local/samba/netlogon/STARTUP.BAT</code>
+<p>The contents of the batch file is entirely your choice.  A suggested
 command would be to add <code>NET TIME \\SERVER /SET /YES</code>, to force every
 machine to synchronize clocks with the same time server.  Another use
 would be to add <code>NET USE U: \\SERVER\UTILS</code> for commonly used
 utilities, or <code>NET USE Q: \\SERVER\ISO9001_QA</code> for example.
-<p><br>Note that it is particularly important not to allow write access to
+<p>Note that it is particularly important not to allow write access to
 the <code>[netlogon]</code> share, or to grant users write permission on the
 batch files in a secure environment, as this would allow the batch
 files to be arbitrarily modified and security to be breached.
-<p><br>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
+<p>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
 separate logon scripts for each user or machine.
-<p><br>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
+<p>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	logon script = scripts\%U.bat</code>
-<p><br><a name="lppausecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lppause command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="lppausecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lppause command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to stop printing or spooling a specific print job.
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 and job number to pause the print job. One way of implementing this is
 by using job priorities, where jobs having a too low priority won't be
 sent to the printer.
-<p><br>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
+<p>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
 <code>"%j"</code> is replaced with the job number (an integer).  On HPUX (see
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>printing=hpux</strong></a>), if the <code>"-p%p"</code> option is added
 to the lpq command, the job will show up with the correct status,
 i.e. if the job priority is lower than the set fence priority it will
 have the PAUSED status, whereas if the priority is equal or higher it
 will have the SPOOLED or PRINTING status.
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
 lppause command as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
         Currently no default value is given to this string, unless the
 value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>SYSV</code>, in
 which case the default is :
-<p><br><code>	lp -i %p-%j -H hold</code>
-<p><br>or if the value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>softq</code>,
+<p><code>	lp -i %p-%j -H hold</code>
+<p>or if the value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>softq</code>,
 then the default is:
-<p><br><code>	qstat -s -j%j -h</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example for HPUX:</strong>
+<p><code>	qstat -s -j%j -h</code>
+<p><strong>Example for HPUX:</strong>
         lppause command = /usr/bin/lpalt %p-%j -p0
-<p><br><a name="lpqcachetime"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lpq cache time (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls how long lpq info will be cached for to prevent the
+<p><a name="lpqcachetime"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lpq cache time (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls how long lpq info will be cached for to prevent the
 <strong>lpq</strong> command being called too often. A separate cache is kept for
 each variation of the <strong>lpq</strong> command used by the system, so if you
 use different <strong>lpq</strong> commands for different users then they won't
 share cache information.
-<p><br>The cache files are stored in <code>/tmp/lpq.xxxx</code> where xxxx is a hash of
+<p>The cache files are stored in <code>/tmp/lpq.xxxx</code> where xxxx is a hash of
 the <strong>lpq</strong> command in use.
-<p><br>The default is 10 seconds, meaning that the cached results of a
+<p>The default is 10 seconds, meaning that the cached results of a
 previous identical <strong>lpq</strong> command will be used if the cached data is
 less than 10 seconds old. A large value may be advisable if your
 <strong>lpq</strong> command is very slow.
-<p><br>A value of 0 will disable caching completely.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>A value of 0 will disable caching completely.
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	lpq cache time = 10</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	lpq cache time = 30</code>
-<p><br><a name="lpqcommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lpq command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="lpqcommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lpq command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to obtain <code>"lpq"</code>-style printer status information.
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 as its only parameter and outputs printer status information.
-<p><br>Currently eight styles of printer status information are supported;
+<p>Currently eight styles of printer status information are supported;
 BSD, AIX, LPRNG, PLP, SYSV, HPUX, QNX and SOFTQ. This covers most UNIX
 systems. You control which type is expected using the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing ="</strong></a> option.
-<p><br>Some clients (notably Windows for Workgroups) may not correctly send
+<p>Some clients (notably Windows for Workgroups) may not correctly send
 the connection number for the printer they are requesting status
 information about. To get around this, the server reports on the first
 printer service connected to by the client. This only happens if the
 connection number sent is invalid.
-<p><br>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. Otherwise
+<p>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. Otherwise
 it is placed at the end of the command.
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the <strong>lpq
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the <strong>lpq
 command</strong> as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>        depends on the setting of printing =</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq %p</code>
-<p><br><a name="lpresumecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lpresume command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="lpresumecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lpresume command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to restart or continue printing or spooling a specific print
 job.
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 and job number to resume the print job. See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lppausecommand"><strong>"lppause
 command"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
+<p>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
 <code>%j</code> is replaced with the job number (an integer).
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the <strong>lpresume
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the <strong>lpresume
 command</strong> as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
-<p><br>Currently no default value is given to this string, unless the
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>Currently no default value is given to this string, unless the
 value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>SYSV</code>, in
 which case the default is :
-<p><br><code>	lp -i %p-%j -H resume</code>
-<p><br>or if the value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>softq</code>,
+<p><code>	lp -i %p-%j -H resume</code>
+<p>or if the value of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter is <code>softq</code>,
 then the default is:
-<p><br><code>	qstat -s -j%j -r</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example for HPUX:</strong>
+<p><code>	qstat -s -j%j -r</code>
+<p><strong>Example for HPUX:</strong>
 <code>        lpresume command = /usr/bin/lpalt %p-%j -p2</code>
-<p><br><a name="lprmcommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>lprm command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="lprmcommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>lprm command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to delete a print job.
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 and job number, and deletes the print job.
-<p><br>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
+<p>If a <code>%p</code> is given then the printername is put in its place. A
 <code>%j</code> is replaced with the job number (an integer).
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
 <strong>lprm command</strong> as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	depends on the setting of "printing ="</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example 1:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example 1:</strong>
 <code> 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example 2:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example 2:</strong>
 <code> 	lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j</code>
-<p><br><a name="machinepasswordtimeout"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>machine password timeout (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If a Samba server is a member of an Windows NT Domain (see the
+<p><a name="machinepasswordtimeout"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>machine password timeout (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If a Samba server is a member of an Windows NT Domain (see the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"security=domain"</strong></a>) parameter) then
 periodically a running <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> process will try and
 change the <strong>MACHINE ACCOUNT PASWORD</strong> stored in the file called
@@ -2456,198 +2464,198 @@ Domain we are a member of and <code>&lt;Machine&gt;</code> is the primary
 often this password will be changed, in seconds. The default is one
 week (expressed in seconds), the same as a Windows NT Domain member
 server.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd (8)</strong></a>, and the
+<p>See also <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd (8)</strong></a>, and the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"security=domain"</strong></a>) parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	machine password timeout = 604800</code>
-<p><br><a name="magicoutput"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>magic output (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the name of a file which will contain output
+<p><a name="magicoutput"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>magic output (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the name of a file which will contain output
 created by a magic script (see the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicscript"><strong>"magic
 script"</strong></a> parameter below).
-<p><br>Warning: If two clients use the same <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicscript"><strong>"magic
+<p>Warning: If two clients use the same <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicscript"><strong>"magic
 script"</strong></a> in the same directory the output file content
 is undefined.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	magic output = &lt;magic script name&gt;.out</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	magic output = myfile.txt</code>
-<p><br><a name="magicscript"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>magic script (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the name of a file which, if opened, will be
+<p><a name="magicscript"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>magic script (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the name of a file which, if opened, will be
 executed by the server when the file is closed. This allows a UNIX
 script to be sent to the Samba host and executed on behalf of the
 connected user.
-<p><br>Scripts executed in this way will be deleted upon completion,
+<p>Scripts executed in this way will be deleted upon completion,
 permissions permitting.
-<p><br>If the script generates output, output will be sent to the file
+<p>If the script generates output, output will be sent to the file
 specified by the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#magicoutput"><strong>"magic output"</strong></a> parameter (see
 above).
-<p><br>Note that some shells are unable to interpret scripts containing
+<p>Note that some shells are unable to interpret scripts containing
 carriage-return-linefeed instead of linefeed as the end-of-line
 marker. Magic scripts must be executable <em>"as is"</em> on the host,
 which for some hosts and some shells will require filtering at the DOS
 end.
-<p><br>Magic scripts are <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> and should <em>NOT</em> be relied upon.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>Magic scripts are <em>EXPERIMENTAL</em> and should <em>NOT</em> be relied upon.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	None. Magic scripts disabled.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	magic script = user.csh</code>
-<p><br><a name="manglecase"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangle case (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="manglelocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangle locks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option is was introduced with Samba 2.0.4 and above and has been
+<p><a name="manglecase"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangle case (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="manglelocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangle locks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option is was introduced with Samba 2.0.4 and above and has been
 removed in Samba 2.0.6 as Samba now dynamically configures such things
 on 32 bit systems.
-<p><br><a name="mangledmap"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangled map (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is for those who want to directly map UNIX file names which can
+<p><a name="mangledmap"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangled map (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is for those who want to directly map UNIX file names which can
 not be represented on Windows/DOS.  The mangling of names is not always
 what is needed.  In particular you may have documents with file
 extensions that differ between DOS and UNIX. For example, under UNIX
 it is common to use <code>".html"</code> for HTML files, whereas under
 Windows/DOS <code>".htm"</code> is more commonly used.
-<p><br>So to map <code>"html"</code> to <code>"htm"</code> you would use:
-<p><br><code>  mangled map = (*.html *.htm)</code>
-<p><br>One very useful case is to remove the annoying <code>";1"</code> off the ends
+<p>So to map <code>"html"</code> to <code>"htm"</code> you would use:
+<p><code>  mangled map = (*.html *.htm)</code>
+<p>One very useful case is to remove the annoying <code>";1"</code> off the ends
 of filenames on some CDROMS (only visible under some UNIXs). To do
 this use a map of (*;1 *).
-<p><br><strong>default:</strong>
+<p><strong>default:</strong>
 <code>	no mangled map</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	mangled map = (*;1 *)</code>
-<p><br><a name="manglednames"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangled names (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether non-DOS names under UNIX should be mapped to
+<p><a name="manglednames"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangled names (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether non-DOS names under UNIX should be mapped to
 DOS-compatible names ("mangled") and made visible, or whether non-DOS
 names should simply be ignored.
-<p><br>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a> for details
+<p>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a> for details
 on how to control the mangling process.
-<p><br>If mangling is used then the mangling algorithm is as follows:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > The first (up to) five alphanumeric characters before the
+<p>If mangling is used then the mangling algorithm is as follows:
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > The first (up to) five alphanumeric characters before the
 rightmost dot of the filename are preserved, forced to upper case, and
 appear as the first (up to) five characters of the mangled name.
-<p><br><li > A tilde <code>"~"</code> is appended to the first part of the mangled
+<p><li > A tilde <code>"~"</code> is appended to the first part of the mangled
 name, followed by a two-character unique sequence, based on the
 original root name (i.e., the original filename minus its final
 extension). The final extension is included in the hash calculation
 only if it contains any upper case characters or is longer than three
 characters.
-<p><br>Note that the character to use may be specified using the
+<p>Note that the character to use may be specified using the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglingchar"><strong>"mangling char"</strong></a> option, if you don't like
 <code>'~'</code>.
-<p><br><li > The first three alphanumeric characters of the final extension
+<p><li > The first three alphanumeric characters of the final extension
 are preserved, forced to upper case and appear as the extension of the
 mangled name. The final extension is defined as that part of the
 original filename after the rightmost dot. If there are no dots in the
 filename, the mangled name will have no extension (except in the case
 of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidefiles"><strong>"hidden files"</strong></a> - see below).
-<p><br><li > Files whose UNIX name begins with a dot will be presented as DOS
+<p><li > Files whose UNIX name begins with a dot will be presented as DOS
 hidden files. The mangled name will be created as for other filenames,
 but with the leading dot removed and <code>"___"</code> as its extension regardless
 of actual original extension (that's three underscores).
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>The two-digit hash value consists of upper case alphanumeric
+<p></dl>
+<p>The two-digit hash value consists of upper case alphanumeric
 characters.
-<p><br>This algorithm can cause name collisions only if files in a directory
+<p>This algorithm can cause name collisions only if files in a directory
 share the same first five alphanumeric characters. The probability of
 such a clash is 1/1300.
-<p><br>The name mangling (if enabled) allows a file to be copied between UNIX
+<p>The name mangling (if enabled) allows a file to be copied between UNIX
 directories from Windows/DOS while retaining the long UNIX
 filename. UNIX files can be renamed to a new extension from
 Windows/DOS and will retain the same basename. Mangled names do not
 change between sessions.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	mangled names = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	mangled names = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="manglingchar"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangling char (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls what character is used as the <em>"magic"</em> character in
+<p><a name="manglingchar"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangling char (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls what character is used as the <em>"magic"</em> character in
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#manglednames"><strong>name mangling</strong></a>. The default is a <code>'~'</code> but
 this may interfere with some software. Use this option to set it to
 whatever you prefer.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	mangling char = ~</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	mangling char = ^</code>
-<p><br><a name="mangledstack"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>mangled stack (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls the number of mangled names that should be
+<p><a name="mangledstack"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>mangled stack (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls the number of mangled names that should be
 cached in the Samba server <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>.
-<p><br>This stack is a list of recently mangled base names (extensions are
+<p>This stack is a list of recently mangled base names (extensions are
 only maintained if they are longer than 3 characters or contains upper
 case characters).
-<p><br>The larger this value, the more likely it is that mangled names can be
+<p>The larger this value, the more likely it is that mangled names can be
 successfully converted to correct long UNIX names. However, large
 stack sizes will slow most directory access. Smaller stacks save
 memory in the server (each stack element costs 256 bytes).
-<p><br>It is not possible to absolutely guarantee correct long file names, so
+<p>It is not possible to absolutely guarantee correct long file names, so
 be prepared for some surprises!
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	mangled stack = 50</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	mangled stack = 100</code>
-<p><br><a name="maparchive"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>map archive (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether the DOS archive attribute should be mapped to
+<p><a name="maparchive"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>map archive (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether the DOS archive attribute should be mapped to
 the UNIX owner execute bit.  The DOS archive bit is set when a file
 has been modified since its last backup.  One motivation for this
 option it to keep Samba/your PC from making any file it touches from
 becoming executable under UNIX.  This can be quite annoying for shared
 source code, documents, etc...
-<p><br>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>
+<p>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>
 parameter to be set such that owner execute bit is not masked out
 (i.e. it must include 100). See the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create
 mask"</strong></a> for details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>      map archive = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>      map archive = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="maphidden"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>map hidden (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether DOS style hidden files should be mapped to the
+<p><a name="maphidden"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>map hidden (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether DOS style hidden files should be mapped to the
 UNIX world execute bit.
-<p><br>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> to be
+<p>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> to be
 set such that the world execute bit is not masked out (i.e. it must
 include 001). See the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>
 for details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	map hidden = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	map hidden = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="mapsystem"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>map system (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls whether DOS style system files should be mapped to the
+<p><a name="mapsystem"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>map system (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls whether DOS style system files should be mapped to the
 UNIX group execute bit.
-<p><br>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> to be
+<p>Note that this requires the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a> to be
 set such that the group execute bit is not masked out (i.e. it must
 include 010). See the parameter <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>"create mask"</strong></a>
 for details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	map system = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	map system = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="maptoguest"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>map to guest (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is only useful in <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> modes
+<p><a name="maptoguest"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>map to guest (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is only useful in <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> modes
 other than <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>"security=share"</strong></a> - i.e. user,
 server, and domain.
-<p><br>This parameter can take three different values, which tell
+<p>This parameter can take three different values, which tell
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> what to do with user login requests that
 don't match a valid UNIX user in some way.
-<p><br>The three settings are :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <strong>"Never"</strong> - Means user login requests with an invalid password
+<p>The three settings are :
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <strong>"Never"</strong> - Means user login requests with an invalid password
 are rejected. This is the default.
-<p><br><li > <strong>"Bad User"</strong> - Means user logins with an invalid password are
+<p><li > <strong>"Bad User"</strong> - Means user logins with an invalid password are
 rejected, unless the username does not exist, in which case it is
 treated as a guest login and mapped into the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest
 account"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><li > <strong>"Bad Password"</strong> - Means user logins with an invalid
+<p><li > <strong>"Bad Password"</strong> - Means user logins with an invalid
 password are treated as a guest login and mapped into the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a>. Note that this can
 cause problems as it means that any user incorrectly typing their
@@ -2657,291 +2665,291 @@ they should - there will have been no message given to them
 that they got their password wrong. Helpdesk services will
 <em>*hate*</em> you if you set the <strong>"map to guest"</strong> parameter
 this way :-).
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>Note that this parameter is needed to set up <strong>"Guest"</strong> share
+<p></dl>
+<p>Note that this parameter is needed to set up <strong>"Guest"</strong> share
 services when using <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>security</strong></a> modes other than
 share. This is because in these modes the name of the resource being
 requested is <em>*not*</em> sent to the server until after the server has
 successfully authenticated the client so the server cannot make
 authentication decisions at the correct time (connection to the
 share) for <strong>"Guest"</strong> shares.
-<p><br>For people familiar with the older Samba releases, this parameter
+<p>For people familiar with the older Samba releases, this parameter
 maps to the old compile-time setting of the GUEST_SESSSETUP value
 in local.h.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	map to guest = Never</code>
   <strong>Example</strong>:
 <code>	map to guest = Bad User</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxconnections"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max connections (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows the number of simultaneous connections to a service
+<p><a name="maxconnections"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max connections (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows the number of simultaneous connections to a service
 to be limited. If <strong>"max connections"</strong> is greater than 0 then
 connections will be refused if this number of connections to the
 service are already open. A value of zero mean an unlimited number of
 connections may be made.
-<p><br>Record lock files are used to implement this feature. The lock files
+<p>Record lock files are used to implement this feature. The lock files
 will be stored in the directory specified by the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lockdirectory"><strong>"lock
 directory"</strong></a> option.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max connections = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	max connections = 10</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxdisksize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max disk size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to put an upper limit on the apparent size of
+<p><a name="maxdisksize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max disk size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to put an upper limit on the apparent size of
 disks. If you set this option to 100 then all shares will appear to be
 not larger than 100 MB in size.
-<p><br>Note that this option does not limit the amount of data you can put on
+<p>Note that this option does not limit the amount of data you can put on
 the disk. In the above case you could still store much more than 100
 MB on the disk, but if a client ever asks for the amount of free disk
 space or the total disk size then the result will be bounded by the
 amount specified in <strong>"max disk size"</strong>.
-<p><br>This option is primarily useful to work around bugs in some pieces of
+<p>This option is primarily useful to work around bugs in some pieces of
 software that can't handle very large disks, particularly disks over
 1GB in size.
-<p><br>A <strong>"max disk size"</strong> of 0 means no limit.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>A <strong>"max disk size"</strong> of 0 means no limit.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max disk size = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	max disk size = 1000</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxlogsize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max log size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option (an integer in kilobytes) specifies the max size the log
+<p><a name="maxlogsize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max log size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option (an integer in kilobytes) specifies the max size the log
 file should grow to. Samba periodically checks the size and if it is
 exceeded it will rename the file, adding a <code>".old"</code> extension.
-<p><br>A size of 0 means no limit.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>A size of 0 means no limit.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max log size = 5000</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	max log size = 1000</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxmux"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max mux (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option controls the maximum number of outstanding simultaneous
+<p><a name="maxmux"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max mux (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option controls the maximum number of outstanding simultaneous
 SMB operations that samba tells the client it will allow. You should
 never need to set this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max mux = 50</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxopenfiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max open files (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter limits the maximum number of open files that one
+<p><a name="maxopenfiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max open files (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter limits the maximum number of open files that one
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> file serving process may have open for
 a client at any one time. The default for this parameter is set
 very high (10,000) as Samba uses only one bit per unopened file.
-<p><br>The limit of the number of open files is usually set by the
+<p>The limit of the number of open files is usually set by the
 UNIX per-process file descriptor limit rather than this parameter
 so you should never need to touch this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max open files = 10000</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxpacket"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max packet (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#packetsize"><strong>"packet size"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="maxttl"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max ttl (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> what the default 'time
+<p><a name="maxpacket"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max packet (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#packetsize"><strong>"packet size"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="maxttl"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max ttl (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> what the default 'time
 to live' of NetBIOS names should be (in seconds) when
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> is requesting a name using either a
 broadcast packet or from a WINS server. You should never need to
 change this parameter. The default is 3 days.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max ttl = 259200</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxwinsttl"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max wins ttl (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> when acting as a WINS
+<p><a name="maxwinsttl"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max wins ttl (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> when acting as a WINS
 server <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>(wins support =true)</strong></a> what the maximum
 'time to live' of NetBIOS names that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 grant will be (in seconds). You should never need to change this
 parameter.  The default is 6 days (518400 seconds).
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minwinsttl"><strong>"min wins ttl"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minwinsttl"><strong>"min wins ttl"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>        max wins ttl = 518400</code>
-<p><br><a name="maxxmit"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>max xmit (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option controls the maximum packet size that will be negotiated
+<p><a name="maxxmit"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>max xmit (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option controls the maximum packet size that will be negotiated
 by Samba. The default is 65535, which is the maximum. In some cases
 you may find you get better performance with a smaller value. A value
 below 2048 is likely to cause problems.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	max xmit = 65535</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	max xmit = 8192</code>
-<p><br><a name="messagecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>message command (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies what command to run when the server receives a WinPopup
+<p><a name="messagecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>message command (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies what command to run when the server receives a WinPopup
 style message.
-<p><br>This would normally be a command that would deliver the message
+<p>This would normally be a command that would deliver the message
 somehow. How this is to be done is up to your imagination.
-<p><br>An example is:
-<p><br><code>   message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &amp;</code>
-<p><br>This delivers the message using <strong>xedit</strong>, then removes it
+<p>An example is:
+<p><code>   message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &amp;</code>
+<p>This delivers the message using <strong>xedit</strong>, then removes it
 afterwards. <em>NOTE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMAND RETURN
 IMMEDIATELY</em>. That's why I have the <code>'&amp;'</code> on the end. If it doesn't
 return immediately then your PCs may freeze when sending messages
 (they should recover after 30secs, hopefully).
-<p><br>All messages are delivered as the global guest user. The command takes
+<p>All messages are delivered as the global guest user. The command takes
 the standard substitutions, although <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a> won't work
 (<a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentU"><strong>%U</strong></a> may be better in this case).
-<p><br>Apart from the standard substitutions, some additional ones apply. In
+<p>Apart from the standard substitutions, some additional ones apply. In
 particular:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <code>"%s"</code> = the filename containing the message.
-<p><br><li > <code>"%t"</code> = the destination that the message was sent to (probably the server
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <code>"%s"</code> = the filename containing the message.
+<p><li > <code>"%t"</code> = the destination that the message was sent to (probably the server
 name).
-<p><br><li > <code>"%f"</code> = who the message is from.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>You could make this command send mail, or whatever else takes your
+<p><li > <code>"%f"</code> = who the message is from.
+<p></dl>
+<p>You could make this command send mail, or whatever else takes your
 fancy. Please let us know of any really interesting ideas you have.
-<p><br>Here's a way of sending the messages as mail to root:
-<p><br><code>message command = /bin/mail -s 'message from %f on %m' root &lt; %s; rm %s</code>
-<p><br>If you don't have a message command then the message won't be
+<p>Here's a way of sending the messages as mail to root:
+<p><code>message command = /bin/mail -s 'message from %f on %m' root &lt; %s; rm %s</code>
+<p>If you don't have a message command then the message won't be
 delivered and Samba will tell the sender there was an
 error. Unfortunately WfWg totally ignores the error code and carries
 on regardless, saying that the message was delivered.
-<p><br>If you want to silently delete it then try:
-<p><br><code>"message command = rm %s"</code>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>If you want to silently delete it then try:
+<p><code>"message command = rm %s"</code>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	no message command</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>        message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &amp;</code>
-<p><br><a name="minprintspace"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>min print space (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This sets the minimum amount of free disk space that must be available
+<p><a name="minprintspace"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>min print space (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This sets the minimum amount of free disk space that must be available
 before a user will be able to spool a print job. It is specified in
 kilobytes. The default is 0, which means a user can always spool a print
 job.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>printing</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>printing</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	min print space = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	min print space = 2000</code>
-<p><br><a name="minpasswdlength"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>min passwd length (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswordlength"><strong>"min password length"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="minpasswordlength"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>min password length (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option sets the minimum length in characters of a plaintext password
+<p><a name="minpasswdlength"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>min passwd length (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#minpasswordlength"><strong>"min password length"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="minpasswordlength"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>min password length (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option sets the minimum length in characters of a plaintext password
 than smbd will accept when performing UNIX password changing.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>,
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchatdebug"><strong>"passwd chat
 debug"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	min password length = 5</code>
-<p><br><a name="minwinsttl"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>min wins ttl (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> when acting as a WINS
+<p><a name="minwinsttl"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>min wins ttl (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option tells <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> when acting as a WINS
 server <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winssupport"><strong>(wins support = true)</strong></a> what the minimum
 'time to live' of NetBIOS names that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 grant will be (in seconds). You should never need to change this
 parameter.  The default is 6 hours (21600 seconds).
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	min wins ttl = 21600</code>
-<p><br><a name="nameresolveorder"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>name resolve order (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine
+<p><a name="nameresolveorder"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>name resolve order (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine
 what naming services and in what order to resolve host names to IP
 addresses. The option takes a space separated string of different name
 resolution options.
-<p><br>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause
+<p>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause
 names to be resolved as follows :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > <strong>lmhosts</strong> : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file.
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > <strong>lmhosts</strong> : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file.
 If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS
 name (see the <a href="lmhosts.5.html"><strong>lmhosts (5)</strong></a> for details) then
 any name type matches for lookup.
-<p><br><li > <strong>host</strong> : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution,
+<p><li > <strong>host</strong> : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution,
 using the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name
 resolution is operating system depended for instance on IRIX or
 Solaris this may be controlled by the <em>/etc/nsswitch.conf</em> file).
 Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being
 queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored.
-<p><br><li > <strong>wins</strong> : Query a name with the IP address listed in the
+<p><li > <strong>wins</strong> : Query a name with the IP address listed in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#winsserver"><strong>wins server</strong></a> parameter. If no WINS server has
 been specified this method will be ignored.
-<p><br><li > <strong>bcast</strong> : Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces
+<p><li > <strong>bcast</strong> : Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces
 listed in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#interfaces"><strong>interfaces</strong></a> parameter. This is the
 least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the
 target host being on a locally connected subnet.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p></dl>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host</code>
-<p><br>This will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined first, followed
+<p>This will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined first, followed
 by a broadcast attempt, followed by a normal system hostname lookup.
-<p><br><a name="netbiosaliases"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>netbios aliases (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of NetBIOS names that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
+<p><a name="netbiosaliases"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>netbios aliases (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of NetBIOS names that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 advertise as additional names by which the Samba server is known. This
 allows one machine to appear in browse lists under multiple names. If
 a machine is acting as a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#localmaster"><strong>browse server</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a> none of these names will be
 advertised as either browse server or logon servers, only the primary
 name of the machine will be advertised with these capabilities.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"><strong>"netbios name"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosname"><strong>"netbios name"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	empty string (no additional names)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	netbios aliases = TEST TEST1 TEST2</code>
-<p><br><a name="netbiosname"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>netbios name (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba server is known. By
+<p><a name="netbiosname"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>netbios name (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>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 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#localmaster"><strong>browse server</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a> this name (or the first component
 of the hosts DNS name) will be the name that these services are
 advertised under.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>"netbios aliases"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>"netbios aliases"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	Machine DNS name.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	netbios name = MYNAME</code>
-<p><br><a name="netbiosscope"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>netbios scope (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This sets the NetBIOS scope that Samba will operate under. This should
+<p><a name="netbiosscope"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>netbios scope (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This sets the NetBIOS scope that Samba will operate under. This should
 not be set unless every machine on your LAN also sets this value.
-<p><br><a name="nishomedir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>nis homedir (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Get the home share server from a NIS map. For UNIX systems that use an
+<p><a name="nishomedir"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>nis homedir (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Get the home share server from a NIS map. For UNIX systems that use an
 automounter, the user's home directory will often be mounted on a
 workstation on demand from a remote server. 
-<p><br>When the Samba logon server is not the actual home directory server,
+<p>When the Samba logon server is not the actual home directory server,
 but is mounting the home directories via NFS then two network hops
 would be required to access the users home directory if the logon
 server told the client to use itself as the SMB server for home
 directories (one over SMB and one over NFS). This can be very
 slow.
-<p><br>This option allows Samba to return the home share as being on a
+<p>This option allows Samba to return the home share as being on a
 different server to the logon server and as long as a Samba daemon is
 running on the home directory server, it will be mounted on the Samba
 client directly from the directory server. When Samba is returning the
 home share to the client, it will consult the NIS map specified in
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homedirmap"><strong>"homedir map"</strong></a> and return the server listed
 there.
-<p><br>Note that for this option to work there must be a working NIS
+<p>Note that for this option to work there must be a working NIS
 system and the Samba server with this option must also be a
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainlogons"><strong>logon server</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	nis homedir = false</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	nis homedir = true</code>
-<p><br><a name="ntaclsupport"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>nt acl support (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
+<p><a name="ntaclsupport"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>nt acl support (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
 will attempt to map UNIX permissions into Windows NT access control lists.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	nt acl support = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	nt acl support = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="ntpipesupport"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>nt pipe support (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
+<p><a name="ntpipesupport"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>nt pipe support (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
 will allow Windows NT clients to connect to the NT SMB specific
 <code>IPC$</code> pipes. This is a developer debugging option and can be left
 alone.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	nt pipe support = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="ntsmbsupport"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>nt smb support (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
+<p><a name="ntsmbsupport"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>nt smb support (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
 will negotiate NT specific SMB support with Windows NT
 clients. Although this is a developer debugging option and should be
 left alone, benchmarking has discovered that Windows NT clients give
@@ -2950,19 +2958,19 @@ being investigated. If this option is set to <code>"no"</code> then Samba
 offers exactly the same SMB calls that versions prior to Samba2.0
 offered. This information may be of use if any users are having
 problems with NT SMB support.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	nt support = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="nullpasswords"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>null passwords (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Allow or disallow client access to accounts that have null passwords. 
-<p><br>See also <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd (5)</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><a name="nullpasswords"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>null passwords (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Allow or disallow client access to accounts that have null passwords. 
+<p>See also <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd (5)</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	null passwords = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	null passwords = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="olelockingcompatibility"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ole locking compatibility (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter allows an administrator to turn off the byte range lock
+<p><a name="olelockingcompatibility"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ole locking compatibility (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter allows an administrator to turn off the byte range lock
 manipulation that is done within Samba to give compatibility for OLE
 applications. Windows OLE applications use byte range locking as a
 form of inter-process communication, by locking ranges of bytes around
@@ -2970,145 +2978,145 @@ the 2^32 region of a file range. This can cause certain UNIX lock
 managers to crash or otherwise cause problems. Setting this parameter
 to <code>"no"</code> means you trust your UNIX lock manager to handle such cases
 correctly.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ole locking compatibility = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	ole locking compatibility = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="onlyguest"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>only guest (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>A synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="onlyuser"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>only user (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean option that controls whether connections with
+<p><a name="onlyguest"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>only guest (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>A synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="onlyuser"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>only user (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean option that controls whether connections with
 usernames not in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user=</strong></a> list will be allowed. By
 default this option is disabled so a client can supply a username to
 be used by the server.
-<p><br>Note that this also means Samba won't try to deduce usernames from the
+<p>Note that this also means Samba won't try to deduce usernames from the
 service name. This can be annoying for the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a>
 section. To get around this you could use "<a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user</strong></a> =
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>%S</strong></a>" which means your <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user"</strong></a> list
 will be just the service name, which for home directories is the name
 of the user.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>user</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	only user = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	only user = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="oplocks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>oplocks (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean option tells smbd whether to issue oplocks (opportunistic
+<p><a name="oplocks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>oplocks (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean option tells smbd whether to issue oplocks (opportunistic
 locks) to file open requests on this share. The oplock code can
 dramatically (approx. 30% or more) improve the speed of access to files
 on Samba servers. It allows the clients to aggressively cache files
 locally and you may want to disable this option for unreliable network
 environments (it is turned on by default in Windows NT Servers).  For
 more information see the file Speed.txt in the Samba docs/ directory.
-<p><br>Oplocks may be selectively turned off on certain files on a per share basis.
+<p>Oplocks may be selectively turned off on certain files on a per share basis.
 See the 'veto oplock files' parameter. On some systems oplocks are recognized
 by the underlying operating system. This allows data synchronization between
 all access to oplocked files, whether it be via Samba or NFS or a local
 UNIX process. See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>kernel oplocks</strong></a> parameter
 for details.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> and
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#kerneloplocks"><strong>"kernel oplocks"</strong></a> and
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#level2oplocks"><strong>"level2 oplocks"</strong></a> parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	oplocks = True</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	oplocks = False</code>
-<p><br><a name="oplockbreakwaittime"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>oplock break wait time (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a tuning parameter added due to bugs in both Windows 9x and WinNT.
+<p><a name="oplockbreakwaittime"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>oplock break wait time (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a tuning parameter added due to bugs in both Windows 9x and WinNT.
 If Samba responds to a client too quickly when that client issues an SMB that
 can cause an oplock break request, then the client redirector can fail and
 not respond to the break request. This tuning parameter (which is set in
 milliseconds) is the amount of time Samba will wait before sending an
 oplock break request to such (broken) clients.
-<p><br><em>DO NOT CHANGE THIS PARAMETER UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE SAMBA
+<p><em>DO NOT CHANGE THIS PARAMETER UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE SAMBA
 OPLOCK CODE</em>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	oplock break wait time = 10</code>
-<p><br><a name="oplockcontentionlimit"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>oplock contention limit (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a <em>very</em> advanced <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> tuning option to improve
+<p><a name="oplockcontentionlimit"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>oplock contention limit (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a <em>very</em> advanced <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> tuning option to improve
 the efficiency of the granting of oplocks under multiple client contention for the same file.
-<p><br>In brief it specifies a number, which causes smbd not to grant an oplock even
+<p>In brief it specifies a number, which causes smbd not to grant an oplock even
 when requested if the approximate number of clients contending for an oplock on
 the same file goes over this limit. This causes <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to
 behave in a similar way to Windows NT.
-<p><br><em>DO NOT CHANGE THIS PARAMETER UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE SAMBA
+<p><em>DO NOT CHANGE THIS PARAMETER UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE SAMBA
 OPLOCK CODE</em>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> oplock contention limit = 2</code>
-<p><br><a name="oslevel"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>os level (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This integer value controls what level Samba advertises itself as for
+<p><a name="oslevel"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>os level (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This integer value controls what level Samba advertises itself as for
 browse elections. The value of this parameter determines whether
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> has a chance of becoming a local master
 browser for the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>WORKGROUP</strong></a> in the local broadcast
 area. The default is zero, which means <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 lose elections to Windows machines. See BROWSING.txt in the Samba
 docs/ directory for details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	os level = 20</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	os level = 65    ; This will win against any NT Server</code>
-<p><br><a name="packetsize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>packet size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a deprecated parameter that has no effect on the current
+<p><a name="packetsize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>packet size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a deprecated parameter that has no effect on the current
 Samba code. It is left in the parameter list to prevent breaking
 old <strong>smb.conf</strong> files.
-<p><br><a name="panicaction"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>panic action (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a Samba developer option that allows a system command to be
+<p><a name="panicaction"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>panic action (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a Samba developer option that allows a system command to be
 called when either <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> or
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> crashes. This is usually used to draw
 attention to the fact that a problem occurred.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	panic action = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><a name="passwdchat"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>passwd chat (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This string controls the <em>"chat"</em> conversation that takes places
+<p><a name="passwdchat"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>passwd chat (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This string controls the <em>"chat"</em> conversation that takes places
 between <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> and the local password changing
 program to change the users password. The string describes a sequence
 of response-receive pairs that <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> uses to
 determine what to send to the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>passwd</strong></a> program
 and what to expect back. If the expected output is not received then
 the password is not changed.
-<p><br>This chat sequence is often quite site specific, depending on what
+<p>This chat sequence is often quite site specific, depending on what
 local methods are used for password control (such as NIS etc).
-<p><br>The string can contain the macros <code>"%o"</code> and <code>"%n"</code> which are
+<p>The string can contain the macros <code>"%o"</code> and <code>"%n"</code> which are
 substituted for the old and new passwords respectively. It can also
 contain the standard macros <code>"\n"</code>, <code>"\r"</code>, <code>"\t"</code> and <code>"\s"</code>
 to give line-feed, carriage-return, tab and space.
-<p><br>The string can also contain a <code>'*'</code> which matches any sequence of
+<p>The string can also contain a <code>'*'</code> which matches any sequence of
 characters.
-<p><br>Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces in them into
+<p>Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces in them into
 a single string.
-<p><br>If the send string in any part of the chat sequence is a fullstop
+<p>If the send string in any part of the chat sequence is a fullstop
 <code>"."</code>  then no string is sent. Similarly, is the expect string is a
 fullstop then no string is expected.
-<p><br>Note that if the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>
+<p>Note that if the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>
 parameter is set to true, then this sequence is called <em>*AS ROOT*</em>
 when the SMB password in the smbpasswd file is being changed, without
 access to the old password cleartext. In this case the old password
 cleartext is set to <code>""</code> (the empty string).
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>,
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchatdebug"><strong>"passwd chat
 debug"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong> 
+<p><strong>Example:</strong> 
 <pre>
  passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\n "*Enter NEW password*" %n\n "*Reenter NEW password*" %n\n "*Password changed*"
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <pre>
        passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><a name="passwdchatdebug"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>passwd chat debug (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean specifies if the passwd chat script parameter is run in
+<p><a name="passwdchatdebug"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>passwd chat debug (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean specifies if the passwd chat script parameter is run in
 <code>"debug"</code> mode. In this mode the strings passed to and received from
 the passwd chat are printed in the <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> log with
 a <a href="smb.conf.5.html#debuglevel"><strong>"debug level"</strong></a> of 100. This is a dangerous
@@ -3117,93 +3125,93 @@ option as it will allow plaintext passwords to be seen in the
 debug their <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>"passwd chat"</strong></a> scripts when calling
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a> and should be turned off
 after this has been done. This parameter is off by default.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>"passwd chat"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>"passwd chat"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd
 program"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>     passwd chat debug = True</code>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     passwd chat debug = False</code>
-<p><br><a name="passwdprogram"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>passwd program (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The name of a program that can be used to set UNIX user passwords.
+<p><a name="passwdprogram"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>passwd program (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The name of a program that can be used to set UNIX user passwords.
 Any occurrences of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a> will be replaced with the
 user name. The user name is checked for existence before calling the
 password changing program.
-<p><br>Also note that many passwd programs insist in <em>"reasonable"</em>
+<p>Also note that many passwd programs insist in <em>"reasonable"</em>
 passwords, such as a minimum length, or the inclusion of mixed case
 chars and digits. This can pose a problem as some clients (such as
 Windows for Workgroups) uppercase the password before sending it.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that if the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>
+<p><em>Note</em> that if the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>
 parameter is set to <code>"True"</code> then this program is called <em>*AS
 ROOT*</em> before the SMB password in the
 <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> file is changed. If this UNIX
 password change fails, then <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will fail to
 change the SMB password also (this is by design).
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a> parameter is
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a> parameter is
 set this parameter <em>MUST USE ABSOLUTE PATHS</em> for <em>ALL</em> programs
 called, and must be examined for security implications. Note that by
 default <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a> is set to
 <code>"False"</code>.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#unixpasswordsync"><strong>"unix password sync"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	passwd program = /bin/passwd</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	passwd program = /sbin/passwd %u</code>
-<p><br><a name="passwordlevel"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>password level (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Some client/server combinations have difficulty with mixed-case
+<p><a name="passwordlevel"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>password level (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Some client/server combinations have difficulty with mixed-case
 passwords.  One offending client is Windows for Workgroups, which for
 some reason forces passwords to upper case when using the LANMAN1
 protocol, but leaves them alone when using COREPLUS!
-<p><br>This parameter defines the maximum number of characters that may be
+<p>This parameter defines the maximum number of characters that may be
 upper case in passwords.
-<p><br>For example, say the password given was <code>"FRED"</code>. If <strong>password
+<p>For example, say the password given was <code>"FRED"</code>. If <strong>password
 level</strong> is set to 1, the following combinations would be tried if
 <code>"FRED"</code> failed:
-<p><br><code>"Fred"</code>, <code>"fred"</code>, <code>"fRed"</code>, <code>"frEd"</code>, <code>"freD"</code>
-<p><br>If <strong>password level</strong> was set to 2, the following combinations would
+<p><code>"Fred"</code>, <code>"fred"</code>, <code>"fRed"</code>, <code>"frEd"</code>, <code>"freD"</code>
+<p>If <strong>password level</strong> was set to 2, the following combinations would
 also be tried: 
-<p><br><code>"FRed"</code>, <code>"FrEd"</code>, <code>"FreD"</code>, <code>"fREd"</code>, <code>"fReD"</code>,
+<p><code>"FRed"</code>, <code>"FrEd"</code>, <code>"FreD"</code>, <code>"fREd"</code>, <code>"fReD"</code>,
 <code>"frED"</code>, <code>..</code>
-<p><br>And so on.
-<p><br>The higher value this parameter is set to the more likely it is that a
+<p>And so on.
+<p>The higher value this parameter is set to the more likely it is that a
 mixed case password will be matched against a single case
 password. However, you should be aware that use of this parameter
 reduces security and increases the time taken to process a new
 connection.
-<p><br>A value of zero will cause only two attempts to be made - the password
+<p>A value of zero will cause only two attempts to be made - the password
 as is and the password in all-lower case.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	password level = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	password level = 4</code>
-<p><br><a name="passwordserver"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>password server (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>By specifying the name of another SMB server (such as a WinNT box)
+<p><a name="passwordserver"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>password server (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>By specifying the name of another SMB server (such as a WinNT box)
 with this option, and using <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security = domain"</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security = server"</strong></a> you can get Samba to do all
 its username/password validation via a remote server.
-<p><br>This options sets the name of the password server to use. It must be a
+<p>This options sets the name of the password server to use. It must be a
 NetBIOS name, so if the machine's NetBIOS name is different from its
 internet name then you may have to add its NetBIOS name to the lmhosts 
 file which is stored in the same directory as the <strong>smb.conf</strong> file.
-<p><br>The name of the password server is looked up using the parameter
+<p>The name of the password server is looked up using the parameter
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><strong>"name resolve order="</strong></a> and so may resolved
 by any method and order described in that parameter.
-<p><br>The password server much be a machine capable of using the "LM1.2X002"
+<p>The password server much be a machine capable of using the "LM1.2X002"
 or the "LM NT 0.12" protocol, and it must be in user level security
 mode. 
-<p><br>NOTE: Using a password server means your UNIX box (running Samba) is
+<p>NOTE: Using a password server means your UNIX box (running Samba) is
 only as secure as your password server. <em>DO NOT CHOOSE A PASSWORD
 SERVER THAT YOU DON'T COMPLETELY TRUST</em>.
-<p><br>Never point a Samba server at itself for password serving. This will
+<p>Never point a Samba server at itself for password serving. This will
 cause a loop and could lock up your Samba server!
-<p><br>The name of the password server takes the standard substitutions, but
+<p>The name of the password server takes the standard substitutions, but
 probably the only useful one is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentm"><strong>%m</strong></a>, which means
 the Samba server will use the incoming client as the password
 server. If you use this then you better trust your clients, and you
 better restrict them with hosts allow!
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter is set to
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter is set to
 <strong>"domain"</strong>, then the list of machines in this option must be a list
 of Primary or Backup Domain controllers for the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>Domain</strong></a> or the character <code>*</code>, as the Samba server is cryptographicly
@@ -3213,233 +3221,233 @@ to authenticate the user logging on. The advantage of using
 several hosts in the <strong>"password server"</strong> option then
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will try each in turn till it finds one
 that responds. This is useful in case your primary server goes down.
-<p><br>If the <strong>"password server"</strong> option is set to the character <code>*</code>,
+<p>If the <strong>"password server"</strong> option is set to the character <code>*</code>,
 then Samba will attempt to auto-locate the Primary or Backup Domain controllers
 to authenticate against by doing a query for the name <code>WORKGROUP&lt;1C&gt;</code>
 and then contacting each server returned in the list of IP addresses
 from the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#nameresolveorder"><strong>name resolution</strong></a> source.
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter is set to
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter is set to
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>"server"</strong></a>, then there are different
 restrictions that <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"security=domain"</strong></a>
 doesn't suffer from:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > You may list several password servers in the <strong>"password server"</strong>
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > You may list several password servers in the <strong>"password server"</strong>
 parameter, however if an <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> makes a connection
 to a password server, and then the password server fails, no more
 users will be able to be authenticated from this
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>.  This is a restriction of the SMB/CIFS
 protocol when in <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>"security=server"</strong></a> mode
 and cannot be fixed in Samba.
-<p><br><li > If you are using a Windows NT server as your password server then
+<p><li > If you are using a Windows NT server as your password server then
 you will have to ensure that your users are able to login from the
 Samba server, as when in
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>"security=server"</strong></a> mode the network
 logon will appear to come from there rather than from the users
 workstation.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p></dl>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#security"><strong>"security"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	password server = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	password server = NT-PDC, NT-BDC1, NT-BDC2</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	password server = *</code>
-<p><br><a name="path"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>path (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies a directory to which the user of the service
+<p><a name="path"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>path (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies a directory to which the user of the service
 is to be given access. In the case of printable services, this is
 where print data will spool prior to being submitted to the host for
 printing.
-<p><br>For a printable service offering guest access, the service should be
+<p>For a printable service offering guest access, the service should be
 readonly and the path should be world-writeable and have the sticky bit
 set. This is not mandatory of course, but you probably won't get the
 results you expect if you do otherwise.
-<p><br>Any occurrences of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a> in the path will be replaced
+<p>Any occurrences of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentu"><strong>%u</strong></a> in the path will be replaced
 with the UNIX username that the client is using on this
 connection. Any occurrences of <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentm"><strong>%m</strong></a> will be replaced
 by the NetBIOS name of the machine they are connecting from. These
 replacements are very useful for setting up pseudo home directories
 for users.
-<p><br>Note that this path will be based on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdir"><strong>"root dir"</strong></a> if
+<p>Note that this path will be based on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdir"><strong>"root dir"</strong></a> if
 one was specified.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	path = /home/fred</code>
-<p><br><a name="postexec"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>postexec (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option specifies a command to be run whenever the service is
+<p><a name="postexec"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>postexec (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option specifies a command to be run whenever the service is
 disconnected. It takes the usual substitutions. The command may be run
 as the root on some systems.
-<p><br>An interesting example may be do unmount server resources:
-<p><br><code>postexec = /etc/umount /cdrom</code>
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>An interesting example may be do unmount server resources:
+<p><code>postexec = /etc/umount /cdrom</code>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>preexec</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>      none (no command executed)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>      postexec = echo "%u disconnected from %S from %m (%I)" &gt;&gt; /tmp/log</code>
-<p><br><a name="postscript"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>postscript (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter forces a printer to interpret the print files as
+<p><a name="postscript"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>postscript (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter forces a printer to interpret the print files as
 postscript. This is done by adding a <code>%!</code> to the start of print output.
-<p><br>This is most useful when you have lots of PCs that persist in putting
+<p>This is most useful when you have lots of PCs that persist in putting
 a control-D at the start of print jobs, which then confuses your
 printer.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	postscript = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	postscript = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="preexec"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>preexec (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option specifies a command to be run whenever the service is
+<p><a name="preexec"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>preexec (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option specifies a command to be run whenever the service is
 connected to. It takes the usual substitutions.
-<p><br>An interesting example is to send the users a welcome message every
+<p>An interesting example is to send the users a welcome message every
 time they log in. Maybe a message of the day? Here is an example:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
 	preexec = csh -c 'echo \"Welcome to %S!\" | /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -M %m -I %I' &amp;
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>Of course, this could get annoying after a while :-)
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>preexec close</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>postexec</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>Of course, this could get annoying after a while :-)
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>preexec close</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>postexec</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	none (no command executed)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>        preexec = echo \"%u connected to %S from %m (%I)\" &gt;&gt; /tmp/log</code>
-<p><br><a name="preexecclose"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>preexec close (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean option controls whether a non-zero return code from
+<p><a name="preexecclose"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>preexec close (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean option controls whether a non-zero return code from
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a> should close the service being connected to.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	preexec close = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	preexec close = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="preferredmaster"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>preferred master (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> is a
+<p><a name="preferredmaster"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>preferred master (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> is a
 preferred master browser for its workgroup.
-<p><br>If this is set to true, on startup, <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
+<p>If this is set to true, on startup, <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 force an election, and it will have a slight advantage in winning the
 election.  It is recommended that this parameter is used in
 conjunction with <a href="smb.conf.5.html#domainmaster"><strong>"domain master = yes"</strong></a>, so
 that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> can guarantee becoming a domain
 master.
-<p><br>Use this option with caution, because if there are several hosts
+<p>Use this option with caution, because if there are several hosts
 (whether Samba servers, Windows 95 or NT) that are preferred master
 browsers on the same subnet, they will each periodically and
 continuously attempt to become the local master browser.  This will
 result in unnecessary broadcast traffic and reduced browsing
 capabilities.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oslevel"><strong>os level</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oslevel"><strong>os level</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	preferred master = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	preferred master = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="preferedmaster"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>prefered master (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferredmaster"><strong>"preferred master"</strong></a> for people
+<p><a name="preferedmaster"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>prefered master (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preferredmaster"><strong>"preferred master"</strong></a> for people
 who cannot spell :-).
-<p><br><a name="preload"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>preload</strong></strong>
+<p><a name="preload"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>preload</strong></strong><dd>
 Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#autoservices"><strong>"auto services"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="preservecase"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>preserve case (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls if new filenames are created with the case that the
+<p><a name="preservecase"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>preserve case (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls if new filenames are created with the case that the
 client passes, or if they are forced to be the <code>"default"</code> case.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>       preserve case = yes</code>
-<p><br>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a> for a
+<p>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>"NAME MANGLING"</strong></a> for a
 fuller discussion.
-<p><br><a name="printcommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>print command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>After a print job has finished spooling to a service, this command
+<p><a name="printcommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>print command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>After a print job has finished spooling to a service, this command
 will be used via a <code>system()</code> call to process the spool
 file. Typically the command specified will submit the spool file to
 the host's printing subsystem, but there is no requirement that this
 be the case. The server will not remove the spool file, so whatever
 command you specify should remove the spool file when it has been
 processed, otherwise you will need to manually remove old spool files.
-<p><br>The print command is simply a text string. It will be used verbatim,
+<p>The print command is simply a text string. It will be used verbatim,
 with two exceptions: All occurrences of <code>"%s"</code> and <code>"%f"</code> will be
 replaced by the appropriate spool file name, and all occurrences of
 <code>"%p"</code> will be replaced by the appropriate printer name. The spool
 file name is generated automatically by the server, the printer name
 is discussed below.
-<p><br>The print command <em>MUST</em> contain at least one occurrence of <code>"%s"</code>
+<p>The print command <em>MUST</em> contain at least one occurrence of <code>"%s"</code>
 or <code>"%f"</code> - the <code>"%p"</code> is optional. At the time a job is
 submitted, if no printer name is supplied the <code>"%p"</code> will be
 silently removed from the printer command.
-<p><br>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>"[global]"</strong></a> section, the print
+<p>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>"[global]"</strong></a> section, the print
 command given will be used for any printable service that does not
 have its own print command specified.
-<p><br>If there is neither a specified print command for a printable service
+<p>If there is neither a specified print command for a printable service
 nor a global print command, spool files will be created but not
 processed and (most importantly) not removed.
-<p><br>Note that printing may fail on some UNIXs from the <code>"nobody"</code>
+<p>Note that printing may fail on some UNIXs from the <code>"nobody"</code>
 account. If this happens then create an alternative guest account that
 can print and set the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a> in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>"[global]"</strong></a> section.
-<p><br>You can form quite complex print commands by realizing that they are
+<p>You can form quite complex print commands by realizing that they are
 just passed to a shell. For example the following will log a print
 job, print the file, then remove it. Note that <code>';'</code> is the usual
 separator for command in shell scripts.
-<p><br><code>print command = echo Printing %s &gt;&gt; /tmp/print.log; lpr -P %p %s; rm %s</code>
-<p><br>You may have to vary this command considerably depending on how you
+<p><code>print command = echo Printing %s &gt;&gt; /tmp/print.log; lpr -P %p %s; rm %s</code>
+<p>You may have to vary this command considerably depending on how you
 normally print files on your system. The default for the parameter
 varies depending on the setting of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a>
 parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 	For <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a> BSD, AIX, QNX, LPRNG or PLP :
 <code>	print command = lpr -r -P%p %s</code>
-<p><br>For <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a> SYS or HPUX :
+<p>For <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a> SYS or HPUX :
 <code>	print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s</code>
-<p><br>For <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a> SOFTQ :
+<p>For <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printing"><strong>"printing="</strong></a> SOFTQ :
 <code>	print command = lp -d%p -s %s; rm %s</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	print command = /usr/local/samba/bin/myprintscript %p %s</code>
-<p><br><a name="printok"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>print ok (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>printable</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="printable"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printable (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this parameter is <code>"yes"</code>, then clients may open, write to and
+<p><a name="printok"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>print ok (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>printable</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="printable"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printable (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this parameter is <code>"yes"</code>, then clients may open, write to and
 submit spool files on the directory specified for the service.
-<p><br>Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to the service
+<p>Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to the service
 path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling of print data. The
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a> parameter controls only non-printing
 access to the resource.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	printable = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	printable = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="printcap"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printcap (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>printcapname</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="printeradmin"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer admin (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users that can do anything to printers via the
+<p><a name="printcap"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printcap (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcapname"><strong>printcapname</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="printeradmin"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer admin (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users that can do anything to printers via the
 remote administration interfaces offered by MSRPC (usually using a NT
 workstation). Note that the root user always has admin rights.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     printer admin = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	printer admin = admin, @staff</code>
-<p><br><a name="printcapname"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printcap name (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter may be used to override the compiled-in default
+<p><a name="printcapname"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printcap name (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter may be used to override the compiled-in default
 printcap name used by the server (usually /etc/printcap). See the
 discussion of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a> section above for
 reasons why you might want to do this.
-<p><br>On System V systems that use <strong>lpstat</strong> to list available printers you
+<p>On System V systems that use <strong>lpstat</strong> to list available printers you
 can use <code>"printcap name = lpstat"</code> to automatically obtain lists of
 available printers. This is the default for systems that define SYSV
 at configure time in Samba (this includes most System V based
 systems). If <strong>"printcap name"</strong> is set to <strong>lpstat</strong> on these systems
 then Samba will launch <code>"lpstat -v"</code> and attempt to parse the output
 to obtain a printer list.
-<p><br>A minimal printcap file would look something like this:
-<p><br><pre>
+<p>A minimal printcap file would look something like this:
+<p><pre>
 
 	print1|My Printer 1
 	print2|My Printer 2
@@ -3449,299 +3457,287 @@ to obtain a printer list.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>where the <code>'|'</code> separates aliases of a printer. The fact that the
+<p>where the <code>'|'</code> separates aliases of a printer. The fact that the
 second alias has a space in it gives a hint to Samba that it's a
 comment.
-<p><br><em>NOTE</em>: Under AIX the default printcap name is
+<p><em>NOTE</em>: Under AIX the default printcap name is
 <code>"/etc/qconfig"</code>. Samba will assume the file is in AIX <code>"qconfig"</code>
 format if the string <code>"/qconfig"</code> appears in the printcap filename.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	printcap name = /etc/printcap</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	printcap name = /etc/myprintcap</code>
-<p><br><a name="printer"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the name of the printer to which print jobs
+<p><a name="printer"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the name of the printer to which print jobs
 spooled through a printable service will be sent.
-<p><br>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section, the printer
+<p>If specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a> section, the printer
 name given will be used for any printable service that does not have
 its own printer name specified.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 	none (but may be <code>"lp"</code> on many systems)
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
  	printer name = laserwriter
-<p><br><a name="printerdriver"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer driver (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to control the string that clients receive when
+<p><a name="printerdriver"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer driver (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to control the string that clients receive when
 they ask the server for the printer driver associated with a
 printer. If you are using Windows95 or WindowsNT then you can use this
 to automate the setup of printers on your system.
-<p><br>You need to set this parameter to the exact string (case sensitive)
+<p>You need to set this parameter to the exact string (case sensitive)
 that describes the appropriate printer driver for your system. If you
 don't know the exact string to use then you should first try with no
 <strong>"printer driver"</strong> option set and the client will give you a list of
 printer drivers. The appropriate strings are shown in a scrollbox
 after you have chosen the printer manufacturer.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>"printer driver file"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>"printer driver file"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 	printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L
-<p><br><a name="printerdriverfile"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer driver file (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter tells Samba where the printer driver definition file,
+<p><a name="printerdriverfile"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer driver file (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter tells Samba where the printer driver definition file,
 used when serving drivers to Windows 95 clients, is to be found. If
 this is not set, the default is :
-<p><br><code>SAMBA_INSTALL_DIRECTORY/lib/printers.def</code>
-<p><br>This file is created from Windows 95 <code>"msprint.inf"</code> files found on
+<p><code>SAMBA_INSTALL_DIRECTORY/lib/printers.def</code>
+<p>This file is created from Windows 95 <code>"msprint.inf"</code> files found on
 the Windows 95 client system. For more details on setting up serving
 of printer drivers to Windows 95 clients, see the documentation file
 in the docs/ directory, PRINTER_DRIVER.txt.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	None (set in compile).</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	printer driver file = /usr/local/samba/printers/drivers.def</code>
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverlocation"><strong>"printer driver location"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="printerdriverlocation"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer driver location (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter tells clients of a particular printer share where to
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverlocation"><strong>"printer driver location"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="printerdriverlocation"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer driver location (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter tells clients of a particular printer share where to
 find the printer driver files for the automatic installation of
 drivers for Windows 95 machines. If Samba is set up to serve printer
 drivers to Windows 95 machines, this should be set to
-<p><br><code>\\MACHINE\PRINTER$</code>
-<p><br>Where MACHINE is the NetBIOS name of your Samba server, and PRINTER$
+<p><code>\\MACHINE\PRINTER$</code>
+<p>Where MACHINE is the NetBIOS name of your Samba server, and PRINTER$
 is a share you set up for serving printer driver files. For more
 details on setting this up see the documentation file in the docs/
 directory, PRINTER_DRIVER.txt.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	None</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	printer driver location = \\MACHINE\PRINTER$</code>
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>"printer driver file"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="printername"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printer name (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printer"><strong>printer</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="printing"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>printing (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameters controls how printer status information is interpreted
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printerdriverfile"><strong>"printer driver file"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="printername"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printer name (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printer"><strong>printer</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="printing"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>printing (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameters controls how printer status information is interpreted
 on your system. It also affects the default values for the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printcommand"><strong>"print command"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpqcommand"><strong>"lpq
 command"</strong></a> <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lppausecommand"><strong>"lppause command"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lpresumecommand"><strong>"lpresume command"</strong></a>, and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#lprmcommand"><strong>"lprm
 command"</strong></a> if specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a>
 section.
-<p><br>Currently eight printing styles are supported. They are
+<p>Currently eight printing styles are supported. They are
 <strong>"printing=BSD"</strong>, <strong>"printing=AIX"</strong>, 
 <strong>"printing=LPRNG"</strong>, <strong>"printing=PLP"</strong>, <strong>"printing=SYSV"</strong>, 
 <strong>"printing="HPUX"</strong>, <strong>"printing=QNX"</strong>, <strong>"printing=SOFTQ"</strong>,
 and <strong>"printing=CUPS"</strong>.
-<p><br>To see what the defaults are for the other print commands when using
+<p>To see what the defaults are for the other print commands when using
 the various options use the <a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>"testparm"</strong></a> program.
-<p><br>This option can be set on a per printer basis
-<p><br>See also the discussion in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a> section.
-<p><br><a name="privatedir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>private dir(G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The <strong>private dir</strong> parameter allows an administator to define a
-directory path used to hold the various databases Samba will use
-to store things like a the machine trust account information
-when acting as a domain member (i.e. where the secrets.tdb file will
-be located), where the passdb.tbd file will stored in the case
-of using the experiemental tdbsam support, etc...
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
-<code>	private dir = &lt;compile time location of smbpasswd&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
-<code>	private dir = /etc/smbprivate</code>
-<p><br><a name="protocol"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>protocol (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level
+<p>This option can be set on a per printer basis
+<p>See also the discussion in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a> section.
+<p><a name="protocol"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>protocol (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level
 that will be supported by the server.
-<p><br>Possible values are :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > CORE: Earliest version. No concept of user names.
-<p><br><li > COREPLUS: Slight improvements on CORE for efficiency.
-<p><br><li > LANMAN1: First <em>"modern"</em> version of the protocol. Long
+<p>Possible values are :
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > CORE: Earliest version. No concept of user names.
+<p><li > COREPLUS: Slight improvements on CORE for efficiency.
+<p><li > LANMAN1: First <em>"modern"</em> version of the protocol. Long
 filename support.
-<p><br><li > LANMAN2: Updates to Lanman1 protocol.
-<p><br><li > NT1: Current up to date version of the protocol. Used by Windows
+<p><li > LANMAN2: Updates to Lanman1 protocol.
+<p><li > NT1: Current up to date version of the protocol. Used by Windows
 NT. Known as CIFS.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>Normally this option should not be set as the automatic negotiation
+<p></dl>
+<p>Normally this option should not be set as the automatic negotiation
 phase in the SMB protocol takes care of choosing the appropriate
 protocol.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	protocol = NT1</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	protocol = LANMAN1</code>
-<p><br><a name="public"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>public (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>"guest ok"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="queuepausecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>queuepause command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="public"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>public (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestok"><strong>"guest ok"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="queuepausecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>queuepause command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to pause the printerqueue.
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 as its only parameter and stops the printerqueue, such that no longer
 jobs are submitted to the printer.
-<p><br>This command is not supported by Windows for Workgroups, but can be
+<p>This command is not supported by Windows for Workgroups, but can be
 issued from the Printer's window under Windows 95 &amp; NT.
-<p><br>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its
+<p>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its
 place. Otherwise it is placed at the end of the command.
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
 command as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>        depends on the setting of "printing ="</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>      queuepause command = disable %p</code>
-<p><br><a name="queueresumecommand"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>queueresume command (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
+<p><a name="queueresumecommand"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>queueresume command (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the server host
 in order to resume the printerqueue. It is the command to undo the
 behavior that is caused by the previous parameter
 (<a href="smb.conf.5.html#queuepausecommand"><strong>"queuepause command</strong></a>).
-<p><br>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
+<p>This command should be a program or script which takes a printer name
 as its only parameter and resumes the printerqueue, such that queued
 jobs are resubmitted to the printer.
-<p><br>This command is not supported by Windows for Workgroups, but can be
+<p>This command is not supported by Windows for Workgroups, but can be
 issued from the Printer's window under Windows 95 &amp; NT.
-<p><br>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its
+<p>If a <code>"%p"</code> is given then the printername is put in its
 place. Otherwise it is placed at the end of the command.
-<p><br>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
+<p>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path in the
 command as the PATH may not be available to the server.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>        depends on the setting of "printing ="</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>      queuepause command = enable %p</code>
-<p><br><a name="readbmpx"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read bmpx (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
+<p><a name="readbmpx"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read bmpx (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls whether <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a>
 will support the "Read Block Multiplex" SMB. This is now rarely used
 and defaults to off. You should never need to set this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 	read bmpx = No
-<p><br><a name="readlist"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read list (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users that are given read-only access to a
+<p><a name="readlist"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read list (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users that are given read-only access to a
 service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will not be
 given write access, no matter what the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a>
 option is set to. The list can include group names using the syntax
 described in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid users"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writelist"><strong>"write list"</strong></a> parameter and
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writelist"><strong>"write list"</strong></a> parameter and
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid users"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	read list = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	read list = mary, @students</code>
-<p><br><a name="readonly"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read only (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Note that this is an inverted synonym for
+<p><a name="readonly"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read only (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Note that this is an inverted synonym for
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="readprediction"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read prediction (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br><em>NOTE</em>: This code is currently disabled in Samba2.0 and
+<p><a name="readprediction"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read prediction (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p><em>NOTE</em>: This code is currently disabled in Samba2.0 and
 may be removed at a later date. Hence this parameter has
 no effect.
-<p><br>This options enables or disables the read prediction code used to
+<p>This options enables or disables the read prediction code used to
 speed up reads from the server. When enabled the server will try to
 pre-read data from the last accessed file that was opened read-only
 while waiting for packets.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	read prediction = False</code>
-<p><br><a name="readraw"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read raw (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls whether or not the server will support the raw
+<p><a name="readraw"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read raw (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls whether or not the server will support the raw
 read SMB requests when transferring data to clients.
-<p><br>If enabled, raw reads allow reads of 65535 bytes in one packet. This
+<p>If enabled, raw reads allow reads of 65535 bytes in one packet. This
 typically provides a major performance benefit.
-<p><br>However, some clients either negotiate the allowable block size
+<p>However, some clients either negotiate the allowable block size
 incorrectly or are incapable of supporting larger block sizes, and for
 these clients you may need to disable raw reads.
-<p><br>In general this parameter should be viewed as a system tuning tool and left
+<p>In general this parameter should be viewed as a system tuning tool and left
 severely alone. See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeraw"><strong>"write raw"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	read raw = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="readsize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>read size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The option <strong>"read size"</strong> affects the overlap of disk reads/writes
+<p><a name="readsize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>read size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The option <strong>"read size"</strong> affects the overlap of disk reads/writes
 with network reads/writes. If the amount of data being transferred in
 several of the SMB commands (currently SMBwrite, SMBwriteX and
 SMBreadbraw) is larger than this value then the server begins writing
 the data before it has received the whole packet from the network, or
 in the case of SMBreadbraw, it begins writing to the network before
 all the data has been read from disk.
-<p><br>This overlapping works best when the speeds of disk and network access
+<p>This overlapping works best when the speeds of disk and network access
 are similar, having very little effect when the speed of one is much
 greater than the other.
-<p><br>The default value is 16384, but very little experimentation has been
+<p>The default value is 16384, but very little experimentation has been
 done yet to determine the optimal value, and it is likely that the
 best value will vary greatly between systems anyway. A value over
 65536 is pointless and will cause you to allocate memory
 unnecessarily.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	read size = 16384</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	read size = 8192</code>
-<p><br><a name="remoteannounce"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>remote announce (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to setup <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to
+<p><a name="remoteannounce"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>remote announce (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to setup <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to
 periodically announce itself to arbitrary IP addresses with an
 arbitrary workgroup name.
-<p><br>This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear in a remote
+<p>This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear in a remote
 workgroup for which the normal browse propagation rules don't
 work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you can send IP
 packets to.
-<p><br>For example:
-<p><br><code>	remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF</code>
-<p><br>the above line would cause nmbd to announce itself to the two given IP
+<p>For example:
+<p><code>	remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF</code>
+<p>the above line would cause nmbd to announce itself to the two given IP
 addresses using the given workgroup names. If you leave out the
 workgroup name then the one given in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#workgroup"><strong>"workgroup"</strong></a> parameter is used instead.
-<p><br>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses
+<p>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses
 of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses of known
 browse masters if your network config is that stable.
-<p><br>See the documentation file BROWSING.txt in the docs/ directory.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See the documentation file BROWSING.txt in the docs/ directory.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	remote announce = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF</code>
-<p><br><a name="remotebrowsesync"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>remote browse sync (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to setup <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to
+<p><a name="remotebrowsesync"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>remote browse sync (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to setup <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to
 periodically request synchronization of browse lists with the master
 browser of a samba server that is on a remote segment. This option
 will allow you to gain browse lists for multiple workgroups across
 routed networks. This is done in a manner that does not work with any
 non-samba servers.
-<p><br>This is useful if you want your Samba server and all local clients to
+<p>This is useful if you want your Samba server and all local clients to
 appear in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse propagation
 rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you can
 send IP packets to.
-<p><br>For example:
-<p><br><code>	remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.255</code>
-<p><br>the above line would cause <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to request the
+<p>For example:
+<p><code>	remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.255</code>
+<p>the above line would cause <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to request the
 master browser on the specified subnets or addresses to synchronize
 their browse lists with the local server.
-<p><br>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses
+<p>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses
 of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses of known
 browse masters if your network config is that stable. If a machine IP
 address is given Samba makes NO attempt to validate that the remote
 machine is available, is listening, nor that it is in fact the browse
 master on it's segment.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	remote browse sync = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.255</code>
-<p><br><a name="restrictanonymous"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>restrict anonymous (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean parameter.  If it is true, then anonymous access
+<p><a name="restrictanonymous"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>restrict anonymous (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean parameter.  If it is true, then anonymous access
 to the server will be restricted, namely in the case where the server
 is expecting the client to send a username, but it doesn't.  Setting
 it to true will force these anonymous connections to be denied, and
 the client will be required to always supply a username and password
 when connecting. Use of this parameter is only recommened for homogenous 
 NT client environments.
-<p><br>This parameter makes the use of macro expansions that rely
+<p>This parameter makes the use of macro expansions that rely
 on the username (%U, %G, etc) consistant.  NT 4.0 likes to use
 anonymous connections when refreshing the share list, and this
 is a way to work around that.
-<p><br>When restrict anonymous is true, all anonymous connections are denied
+<p>When restrict anonymous is true, all anonymous connections are denied
 no matter what they are for.  This can effect the ability of a machine
 to access the samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate it's machine
 account after someone else has logged on the client interactively.  The
@@ -3750,26 +3746,26 @@ the domain doesn't exist or the password is bad.  The best way to deal
 with this is to reboot NT client machines between interactive logons, 
 using "Shutdown and Restart", rather than "Close all programs and logon 
 as a different user".
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     restrict anonymous = false</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>     restrict anonymous = true</code>
-<p><br><a name="root"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>"root directory"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="rootdir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root dir (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>"root directory"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="rootdirectory"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root directory (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The server will <code>"chroot()"</code> (i.e. Change it's root directory) to
+<p><a name="root"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>"root directory"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="rootdir"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root dir (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootdirectory"><strong>"root directory"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="rootdirectory"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root directory (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The server will <code>"chroot()"</code> (i.e. Change it's root directory) to
 this directory on startup. This is not strictly necessary for secure
 operation. Even without it the server will deny access to files not in
 one of the service entries. It may also check for, and deny access to,
 soft links to other parts of the filesystem, or attempts to use
 <code>".."</code> in file names to access other directories (depending on the
 setting of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#widelinks"><strong>"wide links"</strong></a> parameter).
-<p><br>Adding a <strong>"root directory"</strong> entry other than <code>"/"</code> adds an extra
+<p>Adding a <strong>"root directory"</strong> entry other than <code>"/"</code> adds an extra
 level of security, but at a price. It absolutely ensures that no
 access is given to files not in the sub-tree specified in the <strong>"root
 directory"</strong> option, <em>*including*</em> some files needed for complete
@@ -3779,71 +3775,71 @@ directory"</strong> tree. In particular you will need to mirror /etc/passwd
 (or a subset of it), and any binaries or configuration files needed
 for printing (if required). The set of files that must be mirrored is
 operating system dependent.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	root directory = /</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	root directory = /homes/smb</code>
-<p><br><a name="rootpostexec"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root postexec (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>"postexec"</strong></a> parameter
+<p><a name="rootpostexec"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root postexec (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>"postexec"</strong></a> parameter
 except that the command is run as root. This is useful for unmounting
 filesystems (such as cdroms) after a connection is closed.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>"postexec"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="rootpreexec"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root preexec (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a> parameter except
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#postexec"><strong>"postexec"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="rootpreexec"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root preexec (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a> parameter except
 that the command is run as root. This is useful for mounting
 filesystems (such as cdroms) before a connection is finalized.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a>
 and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#rootpreexecclose"><strong>"root preexec close"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="rootpreexecclose"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>root preexec close (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>"preexec close"</strong></a> parameter
+<p><a name="rootpreexecclose"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>root preexec close (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the same as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>"preexec close"</strong></a> parameter
 except that the command is run as root.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>"preexec close"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="security"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>security (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option affects how clients respond to Samba and is one of the most
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexec"><strong>"preexec"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preexecclose"><strong>"preexec close"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="security"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>security (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option affects how clients respond to Samba and is one of the most
 important settings in the <strong>smb.conf</strong> file.
-<p><br>The option sets the <code>"security mode bit"</code> in replies to protocol
+<p>The option sets the <code>"security mode bit"</code> in replies to protocol
 negotiations with <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> to turn share level
 security on or off. Clients decide based on this bit whether (and how)
 to transfer user and password information to the server.
-<p><br>The default is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaluser">"security=user"</a>, as this is
+<p>The default is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaluser">"security=user"</a>, as this is
 the most common setting needed when talking to Windows 98 and Windows
 NT.
-<p><br>The alternatives are <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>"security = share"</strong></a>,
+<p>The alternatives are <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>"security = share"</strong></a>,
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver"><strong>"security = server"</strong></a> or
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"security=domain"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><em>*****NOTE THAT THIS DEFAULT IS DIFFERENT IN SAMBA2.0 THAN FOR
+<p><em>*****NOTE THAT THIS DEFAULT IS DIFFERENT IN SAMBA2.0 THAN FOR
 PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF SAMBA *******</em>.
-<p><br>In previous versions of Samba the default was
+<p>In previous versions of Samba the default was
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>"security=share"</strong></a> mainly because that was
 the only option at one stage.
-<p><br>There is a bug in WfWg that has relevance to this setting. When in
+<p>There is a bug in WfWg that has relevance to this setting. When in
 user or server level security a WfWg client will totally ignore the
 password you type in the "connect drive" dialog box. This makes it
 very difficult (if not impossible) to connect to a Samba service as
 anyone except the user that you are logged into WfWg as.
-<p><br>If your PCs use usernames that are the same as their usernames on the
+<p>If your PCs use usernames that are the same as their usernames on the
 UNIX machine then you will want to use <strong>"security = user"</strong>. If you
 mostly use usernames that don't exist on the UNIX box then use
 <strong>"security = share"</strong>.
-<p><br>You should also use <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>security=share</strong></a> if
+<p>You should also use <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequalshare"><strong>security=share</strong></a> if
 you want to mainly setup shares without a password (guest
 shares). This is commonly used for a shared printer server. It is more
 difficult to setup guest shares with
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaluser"><strong>security=user</strong></a>, see the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>"map to
 guest"</strong></a>parameter for details.
-<p><br>It is possible to use <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> in a <em>"hybrid
+<p>It is possible to use <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> in a <em>"hybrid
 mode"</em> where it is offers both user and share level security under
 different <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>NetBIOS aliases</strong></a>. See the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#netbiosaliases"><strong>NetBIOS aliases</strong></a> and the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#include"><strong>include</strong></a> parameters for more information.
-<p><br>The different settings will now be explained.
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><a name="securityequalshare"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>"security=share"</strong></strong> When clients connect to a share level
+<p>The different settings will now be explained.
+<p><dl>
+<p><a name="securityequalshare"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>"security=share"</strong></strong><dd> When clients connect to a share level
 security server then need not log onto the server with a valid
 username and password before attempting to connect to a shared
 resource (although modern clients such as Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
@@ -3851,46 +3847,46 @@ will send a logon request with a username but no password when talking
 to a <strong>security=share</strong> server). Instead, the clients send
 authentication information (passwords) on a per-share basis, at the
 time they attempt to connect to that share.
-<p><br>Note that <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> <em>*ALWAYS*</em> uses a valid UNIX
+<p>Note that <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> <em>*ALWAYS*</em> uses a valid UNIX
 user to act on behalf of the client, even in <strong>"security=share"</strong>
 level security.
-<p><br>As clients are not required to send a username to the server
+<p>As clients are not required to send a username to the server
 in share level security, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> uses several
 techniques to determine the correct UNIX user to use on behalf
 of the client.
-<p><br>A list of possible UNIX usernames to match with the given
+<p>A list of possible UNIX usernames to match with the given
 client password is constructed using the following methods :
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is set, then
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is set, then
 all the other stages are missed and only the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest
 account"</strong></a> username is checked.
-<p><br><li > Is a username is sent with the share connection request, then
+<p><li > Is a username is sent with the share connection request, then
 this username (after mapping - see <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamemap"><strong>"username
 map"</strong></a>), is added as a potential username.
-<p><br><li > If the client did a previous <em>"logon"</em> request (the
+<p><li > If the client did a previous <em>"logon"</em> request (the
 SessionSetup SMB call) then the username sent in this SMB
 will be added as a potential username.
-<p><br><li > The name of the service the client requested is added
+<p><li > The name of the service the client requested is added
 as a potential username.
-<p><br><li > The NetBIOS name of the client is added to the list as a
+<p><li > The NetBIOS name of the client is added to the list as a
 potential username.
-<p><br><li > Any users on the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user"</strong></a> list are added
+<p><li > Any users on the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#user"><strong>"user"</strong></a> list are added
 as potential usernames.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is not set, then
+<p></dl>
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is not set, then
 this list is then tried with the supplied password. The first user for
 whom the password matches will be used as the UNIX user.
-<p><br>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is set, or no
+<p>If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestonly"><strong>"guest only"</strong></a> parameter is set, or no
 username can be determined then if the share is marked as available to
 the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a>, then this guest user will
 be used, otherwise access is denied.
-<p><br>Note that it can be <em>*very*</em> confusing in share-level security as to
+<p>Note that it can be <em>*very*</em> confusing in share-level security as to
 which UNIX username will eventually be used in granting access.
-<p><br>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
+<p>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
 VALIDATION"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="securityequaluser"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>"security=user"</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is the default security setting in Samba2.0. With user-level
+<p><a name="securityequaluser"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>"security=user"</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is the default security setting in Samba2.0. With user-level
 security a client must first <code>"log-on"</code> with a valid username and
 password (which can be mapped using the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#usernamemap"><strong>"username
 map"</strong></a> parameter). Encrypted passwords (see the
@@ -3900,144 +3896,144 @@ be used in this security mode. Parameters such as
 are then applied and may change the UNIX user to use on this
 connection, but only after the user has been successfully
 authenticated.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
+<p><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
 <em>*not*</em> sent to the server until after the server has successfully
 authenticated the client. This is why guest shares don't work in user
 level security without allowing the server to automatically map unknown
 users into the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a>. See the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>"map to guest"</strong></a> parameter for details on
 doing this.
-<p><br>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
+<p>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
 VALIDATION"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="securityequalserver"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>"security=server"</strong></strong>
-<p><br>In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by
+<p><a name="securityequalserver"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>"security=server"</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by
 passing it to another SMB server, such as an NT box. If this fails it
 will revert to <strong>"security = user"</strong>, but note that if encrypted
 passwords have been negotiated then Samba cannot revert back to
 checking the UNIX password file, it must have a valid smbpasswd file
 to check users against. See the documentation file in the docs/
 directory ENCRYPTION.txt for details on how to set this up.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that from the clients point of view <strong>"security=server"</strong> is
+<p><em>Note</em> that from the clients point of view <strong>"security=server"</strong> is
 the same as <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaluser"><strong>"security=user"</strong></a>. It only
 affects how the server deals with the authentication, it does not in
 any way affect what the client sees.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
+<p><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
 <em>*not*</em> sent to the server until after the server has successfully
 authenticated the client. This is why guest shares don't work in server
 level security without allowing the server to automatically map unknown
 users into the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a>. See the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>"map to guest"</strong></a> parameter for details on
 doing this.
-<p><br>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
+<p>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
 VALIDATION"</strong></a>.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>"password server"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>"password server"</strong></a> parameter.
 and the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>"encrypted passwords"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><a name="securityequaldomain"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>"security=domain"</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This mode will only work correctly if
+<p><a name="securityequaldomain"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>"security=domain"</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This mode will only work correctly if
 <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a> has been used to add this machine
 into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>"encrypted
 passwords"</strong></a> parameter to be set to <code>"true"</code>. In
 this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing
 it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly the
 same way that a Windows NT Server would do.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that a valid UNIX user must still exist as well as the
+<p><em>Note</em> that a valid UNIX user must still exist as well as the
 account on the Domain Controller to allow Samba to have a valid
 UNIX account to map file access to.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that from the clients point of view <strong>"security=domain"</strong> is
+<p><em>Note</em> that from the clients point of view <strong>"security=domain"</strong> is
 the same as <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaluser"><strong>"security=user"</strong></a>. It only
 affects how the server deals with the authentication, it does not in
 any way affect what the client sees.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
+<p><em>Note</em> that the name of the resource being requested is
 <em>*not*</em> sent to the server until after the server has successfully
 authenticated the client. This is why guest shares don't work in domain
 level security without allowing the server to automatically map unknown
 users into the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#guestaccount"><strong>"guest account"</strong></a>. See the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#maptoguest"><strong>"map to guest"</strong></a> parameter for details on
 doing this.
-<p><br><em>BUG:</em> There is currently a bug in the implementation of
+<p><em>BUG:</em> There is currently a bug in the implementation of
 <strong>"security=domain</strong> with respect to multi-byte character
 set usernames. The communication with a Domain Controller
 must be done in UNICODE and Samba currently does not widen
 multi-byte user names to UNICODE correctly, thus a multi-byte
 username will not be recognized correctly at the Domain Controller.
 This issue will be addressed in a future release.
-<p><br>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
+<p>See also the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
 VALIDATION"</strong></a>.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>"password server"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>"password server"</strong></a> parameter.
 and the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>"encrypted passwords"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p></dl>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	security = USER</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	security = DOMAIN</code>
-<p><br><a name="securitymask"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>security mask (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified
+<p><a name="securitymask"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>security mask (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits can be modified
 when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX permission on a
 file using the native NT security dialog box.
-<p><br>This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the changed
+<p>This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the changed
 permission bits, thus preventing any bits not in this mask from
 being modified. Essentially, zero bits in this mask may be treated
 as a set of bits the user is not allowed to change.
-<p><br>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
+<p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#createmask"><strong>create mask</strong></a> parameter. To allow a user to
 modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file, set this
 parameter to 0777.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
+<p><em>Note</em> that users who can access the Samba server through other
 means can easily bypass this restriction, so it is primarily
 useful for standalone "appliance" systems.  Administrators of
 most normal systems will probably want to set it to 0777.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcedirectorysecuritymode"><strong>force directory security
 mode</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#directorysecuritymask"><strong>directory security
 mask</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#forcesecuritymode"><strong>force security
 mode</strong></a> parameters.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	security mask = &lt;same as create mask&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	security mask = 0777</code>
-<p><br><a name="serverstring"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>server string (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls what string will show up in the printer comment box in
+<p><a name="serverstring"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>server string (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls what string will show up in the printer comment box in
 print manager and next to the IPC connection in <code>"net view"</code>. It can be
 any string that you wish to show to your users.
-<p><br>It also sets what will appear in browse lists next to the machine
+<p>It also sets what will appear in browse lists next to the machine
 name.
-<p><br>A <code>"%v"</code> will be replaced with the Samba version number.
-<p><br>A <code>"%h"</code> will be replaced with the hostname.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>A <code>"%v"</code> will be replaced with the Samba version number.
+<p>A <code>"%h"</code> will be replaced with the hostname.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	server string = Samba %v</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	server string = University of GNUs Samba Server</code>
-<p><br><a name="setdirectory"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>set directory (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If <code>"set directory = no"</code>, then users of the service may not use the
+<p><a name="setdirectory"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>set directory (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If <code>"set directory = no"</code>, then users of the service may not use the
 setdir command to change directory.
-<p><br>The setdir command is only implemented in the Digital Pathworks
+<p>The setdir command is only implemented in the Digital Pathworks
 client. See the Pathworks documentation for details.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	set directory = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	set directory = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="sharemodes"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>share modes (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This enables or disables the honoring of the <code>"share modes"</code> during a
+<p><a name="sharemodes"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>share modes (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This enables or disables the honoring of the <code>"share modes"</code> during a
 file open. These modes are used by clients to gain exclusive read or
 write access to a file.
-<p><br>These open modes are not directly supported by UNIX, so they are
+<p>These open modes are not directly supported by UNIX, so they are
 simulated using shared memory, or lock files if your UNIX doesn't
 support shared memory (almost all do).
-<p><br>The share modes that are enabled by this option are DENY_DOS,
+<p>The share modes that are enabled by this option are DENY_DOS,
 DENY_ALL, DENY_READ, DENY_WRITE, DENY_NONE and DENY_FCB.
-<p><br>This option gives full share compatibility and enabled by default.
-<p><br>You should <em>*NEVER*</em> turn this parameter off as many Windows
+<p>This option gives full share compatibility and enabled by default.
+<p>You should <em>*NEVER*</em> turn this parameter off as many Windows
 applications will break if you do so.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	share modes = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="sharedmemsize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>shared mem size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>It specifies the size of the shared memory (in bytes) to use between
+<p><a name="sharedmemsize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>shared mem size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>It specifies the size of the shared memory (in bytes) to use between
 <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> processes. This parameter defaults to one
 megabyte of shared memory. It is possible that if you have a large
 server with many files open simultaneously that you may need to
@@ -4045,160 +4041,160 @@ increase this parameter. Signs that this parameter is set too low are
 users reporting strange problems trying to save files (locking errors)
 and error messages in the smbd log looking like <code>"ERROR
 smb_shm_alloc : alloc of XX bytes failed"</code>.
-<p><br>If your OS refuses the size that Samba asks for then Samba will try a
+<p>If your OS refuses the size that Samba asks for then Samba will try a
 smaller size, reducing by a factor of 0.8 until the OS accepts it.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	shared mem size = 1048576</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	shared mem size = 5242880 ; Set to 5mb for a large number of files.</code>
-<p><br><a name="shortpreservecase"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>short preserve case (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls if new files which conform to 8.3
+<p><a name="shortpreservecase"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>short preserve case (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls if new files which conform to 8.3
 syntax, that is all in upper case and of suitable length, are created
 upper case, or if they are forced to be the <code>"default"</code> case. This
 option can be use with <a href="smb.conf.5.html#preservecaseoption"><strong>"preserve case
 =yes"</strong></a> to permit long filenames to retain their
 case, while short names are lowered. Default <em>Yes</em>.
-<p><br>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>NAME MANGLING</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See the section on <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NAMEMANGLING"><strong>NAME MANGLING</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	short preserve case = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="smbpasswdfile"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>smb passwd file (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option sets the path to the encrypted smbpasswd file.  By default
+<p><a name="smbpasswdfile"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>smb passwd file (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option sets the path to the encrypted smbpasswd file.  By default
 the path to the smbpasswd file is compiled into Samba.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	smb passwd file= &lt;compiled default&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	smb passwd file = /usr/samba/private/smbpasswd</code>
-<p><br><a name="smbrun"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>smbrun (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This sets the full path to the <strong>smbrun</strong> binary. This defaults to the
+<p><a name="smbrun"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>smbrun (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This sets the full path to the <strong>smbrun</strong> binary. This defaults to the
 value in the Makefile.
-<p><br>You must get this path right for many services to work correctly.
-<p><br>You should not need to change this parameter so long as Samba
+<p>You must get this path right for many services to work correctly.
+<p>You should not need to change this parameter so long as Samba
 is installed correctly.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	smbrun=&lt;compiled default&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	smbrun = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbrun</code>
-<p><br><a name="socketaddress"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>socket address (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to control what address Samba will listen for
+<p><a name="socketaddress"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>socket address (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to control what address Samba will listen for
 connections on. This is used to support multiple virtual interfaces on
 the one server, each with a different configuration.
-<p><br>By default samba will accept connections on any address.
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p>By default samba will accept connections on any address.
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	socket address = 192.168.2.20</code>
-<p><br><a name="socketoptions"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>socket options (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to set socket options to be used when talking
+<p><a name="socketoptions"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>socket options (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to set socket options to be used when talking
 with the client.
-<p><br>Socket options are controls on the networking layer of the operating
+<p>Socket options are controls on the networking layer of the operating
 systems which allow the connection to be tuned.
-<p><br>This option will typically be used to tune your Samba server for
+<p>This option will typically be used to tune your Samba server for
 optimal performance for your local network. There is no way that Samba
 can know what the optimal parameters are for your net, so you must
 experiment and choose them yourself. We strongly suggest you read the
 appropriate documentation for your operating system first (perhaps
 <strong>"man setsockopt"</strong> will help).
-<p><br>You may find that on some systems Samba will say "Unknown socket
+<p>You may find that on some systems Samba will say "Unknown socket
 option" when you supply an option. This means you either incorrectly 
 typed it or you need to add an include file to includes.h for your OS. 
 If the latter is the case please send the patch to
 <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>.
-<p><br>Any of the supported socket options may be combined in any way you
+<p>Any of the supported socket options may be combined in any way you
 like, as long as your OS allows it.
-<p><br>This is the list of socket options currently settable using this
+<p>This is the list of socket options currently settable using this
 option:
-<p><br><ul>
-<p><br><li > SO_KEEPALIVE
-<p><br><li > SO_REUSEADDR
-<p><br><li > SO_BROADCAST
-<p><br><li > TCP_NODELAY
-<p><br><li > IPTOS_LOWDELAY
-<p><br><li > IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
-<p><br><li > SO_SNDBUF *
-<p><br><li > SO_RCVBUF *
-<p><br><li > SO_SNDLOWAT *
-<p><br><li > SO_RCVLOWAT *
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br>Those marked with a <code>*</code> take an integer argument. The others can
+<p><dl>
+<p><li > SO_KEEPALIVE
+<p><li > SO_REUSEADDR
+<p><li > SO_BROADCAST
+<p><li > TCP_NODELAY
+<p><li > IPTOS_LOWDELAY
+<p><li > IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
+<p><li > SO_SNDBUF *
+<p><li > SO_RCVBUF *
+<p><li > SO_SNDLOWAT *
+<p><li > SO_RCVLOWAT *
+<p></dl>
+<p>Those marked with a <code>*</code> take an integer argument. The others can
 optionally take a 1 or 0 argument to enable or disable the option, by
 default they will be enabled if you don't specify 1 or 0.
-<p><br>To specify an argument use the syntax SOME_OPTION=VALUE for example
+<p>To specify an argument use the syntax SOME_OPTION=VALUE for example
 <code>SO_SNDBUF=8192</code>. Note that you must not have any spaces before or after
 the = sign.
-<p><br>If you are on a local network then a sensible option might be
-<p><br><code>socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY</code>
-<p><br>If you have a local network then you could try:
-<p><br><code>socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY</code>
-<p><br>If you are on a wide area network then perhaps try setting
+<p>If you are on a local network then a sensible option might be
+<p><code>socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY</code>
+<p>If you have a local network then you could try:
+<p><code>socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY</code>
+<p>If you are on a wide area network then perhaps try setting
 IPTOS_THROUGHPUT. 
-<p><br>Note that several of the options may cause your Samba server to fail
+<p>Note that several of the options may cause your Samba server to fail
 completely. Use these options with caution!
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	socket options = TCP_NODELAY</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY</code>
-<p><br><a name="sourceenvironment"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>source environment (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter causes Samba to set environment variables as per the
+<p><a name="sourceenvironment"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>source environment (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter causes Samba to set environment variables as per the
 content of the file named.
-<p><br>The file <strong>must</strong> be owned by root and not world writable in order
+<p>The file <strong>must</strong> be owned by root and not world writable in order
 to be read (this is a security check).
-<p><br>If the value of this parameter starts with a "|" character then Samba will
+<p>If the value of this parameter starts with a "|" character then Samba will
 treat that value as a pipe command to open and will set the environment
 variables from the oput of the pipe. This command must not be world writable
 and must reside in a directory that is not world writable.
-<p><br>The contents of the file or the output of the pipe should be formatted
+<p>The contents of the file or the output of the pipe should be formatted
 as the output of the standard Unix env(1) command. This is of the form :
-<p><br>Example environment entry:
+<p>Example environment entry:
 <code> SAMBA_NETBIOS_NAME=myhostname </code>
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>No default value</code>
-<p><br><strong>Examples:</strong>
-<p><br><code>	source environment = |/etc/smb.conf.sh</code>
-<p><br><code>	source environment = /usr/local/smb_env_vars</code>
-<p><br><a name="ssl"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><strong>Examples:</strong>
+<p><code>	source environment = |/etc/smb.conf.sh</code>
+<p><code>	source environment = /usr/local/smb_env_vars</code>
+<p><a name="ssl"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This variable enables or disables the entire SSL mode. If it is set to
+<p>This variable enables or disables the entire SSL mode. If it is set to
 "no", the SSL enabled samba behaves exactly like the non-SSL samba. If
 set to "yes", it depends on the variables <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhosts"><strong>"ssl
 hosts"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhostsresign"><strong>"ssl hosts resign"</strong></a>
 whether an SSL connection will be required.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl=no</code>
   <strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	ssl=yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslCAcertDir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl CA certDir (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslCAcertDir"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl CA certDir (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This variable defines where to look up the Certification
+<p>This variable defines where to look up the Certification
 Authorities. The given directory should contain one file for each CA
 that samba will trust.  The file name must be the hash value over the
 "Distinguished Name" of the CA. How this directory is set up is
 explained later in this document. All files within the directory that
 don't fit into this naming scheme are ignored. You don't need this
 variable if you don't verify client certificates.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl CA certDir = /usr/local/ssl/certs</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslCAcertFile"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl CA certFile (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslCAcertFile"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl CA certFile (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This variable is a second way to define the trusted CAs. The
+<p>This variable is a second way to define the trusted CAs. The
 certificates of the trusted CAs are collected in one big file and this
 variable points to the file. You will probably only use one of the two
 ways to define your CAs. The first choice is preferable if you have
@@ -4206,65 +4202,65 @@ many CAs or want to be flexible, the second is preferable if you only
 have one CA and want to keep things simple (you won't need to create
 the hashed file names). You don't need this variable if you don't
 verify client certificates.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl CA certFile = /usr/local/ssl/certs/trustedCAs.pem</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslciphers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl ciphers (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslciphers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl ciphers (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This variable defines the ciphers that should be offered during SSL
+<p>This variable defines the ciphers that should be offered during SSL
 negotiation. You should not set this variable unless you know what you
 are doing.
-<p><br><a name="sslclientcert"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl client cert (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslclientcert"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl client cert (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>The certificate in this file is used by
+<p>The certificate in this file is used by
 <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong></a> if it exists. It's needed if the
 server requires a client certificate.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl client cert = /usr/local/ssl/certs/smbclient.pem</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslclientkey"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl client key (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslclientkey"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl client key (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This is the private key for <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong></a>. It's
+<p>This is the private key for <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong></a>. It's
 only needed if the client should have a certificate.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl client key = /usr/local/ssl/private/smbclient.pem</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslcompatibility"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl compatibility (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslcompatibility"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl compatibility (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This variable defines whether SSLeay should be configured for bug
+<p>This variable defines whether SSLeay should be configured for bug
 compatibility with other SSL implementations. This is probably not
 desirable because currently no clients with SSL implementations other
 than SSLeay exist.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl compatibility = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslhosts"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl hosts (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>See <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhostsresign"><strong>"ssl hosts resign"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="sslhostsresign"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl hosts resign (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslhosts"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl hosts (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>See <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhostsresign"><strong>"ssl hosts resign"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="sslhostsresign"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl hosts resign (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>These two variables define whether samba will go into SSL mode or
+<p>These two variables define whether samba will go into SSL mode or
 not. If none of them is defined, samba will allow only SSL
 connections. If the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslhosts"><strong>"ssl hosts"</strong></a> variable lists
 hosts (by IP-address, IP-address range, net group or name), only these
@@ -4277,19 +4273,19 @@ decision is different: It's not the access right but whether SSL is
 used or not. See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#allowhosts"><strong>"allow hosts"</strong></a> parameter for
 details. The example below requires SSL connections from all hosts
 outside the local net (which is 192.168.*.*).
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl hosts = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
 <code>	ssl hosts resign = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	ssl hosts resign = 192.168.</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslrequireclientcert"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl require clientcert (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslrequireclientcert"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl require clientcert (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>If this variable is set to <code>"yes"</code>, the server will not tolerate
+<p>If this variable is set to <code>"yes"</code>, the server will not tolerate
 connections from clients that don't have a valid certificate. The
 directory/file given in <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertDir"><strong>"ssl CA certDir"</strong></a> and
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslCAcertFile"><strong>"ssl CA certFile"</strong></a> will be used to look up the
@@ -4301,100 +4297,100 @@ certificates. In the web environment the client's data is sensitive
 (credit card numbers) and the server must prove to be trustworthy. In
 a file server environment the server's data will be sensitive and the
 clients must prove to be trustworthy.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl require clientcert = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslrequireservercert"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl require servercert (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslrequireservercert"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl require servercert (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>If this variable is set to <code>"yes"</code>, the
+<p>If this variable is set to <code>"yes"</code>, the
 <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong></a> will request a certificate from
 the server. Same as <a href="smb.conf.5.html#sslrequireclientcert"><strong>"ssl require
 clientcert"</strong></a> for the server.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl require servercert = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslservercert"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl server cert (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslservercert"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl server cert (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This is the file containing the server's certificate. The server _must_
+<p>This is the file containing the server's certificate. The server _must_
 have a certificate. The file may also contain the server's private key.
 See later for how certificates and private keys are created.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl server cert = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslserverkey"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl server key (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslserverkey"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl server key (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This file contains the private key of the server. If this variable is
+<p>This file contains the private key of the server. If this variable is
 not defined, the key is looked up in the certificate file (it may be
 appended to the certificate). The server <em>*must*</em> have a private key
 and the certificate <em>*must*</em> match this private key.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl server key = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><a name="sslversion"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>ssl version (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
+<p><a name="sslversion"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>ssl version (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This variable is part of SSL-enabled Samba. This is only available if
 the SSL libraries have been compiled on your system and the configure
 option <code>"--with-ssl"</code> was given at configure time.
-<p><br><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
+<p><em>Note</em> that for export control reasons this code is <em>**NOT**</em>
 enabled by default in any current binary version of Samba.
-<p><br>This enumeration variable defines the versions of the SSL protocol
+<p>This enumeration variable defines the versions of the SSL protocol
 that will be used. <code>"ssl2or3"</code> allows dynamic negotiation of SSL v2
 or v3, <code>"ssl2"</code> results in SSL v2, <code>"ssl3"</code> results in SSL v3 and
 "tls1" results in TLS v1. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the
 (proposed?) new standard for SSL.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	ssl version = "ssl2or3"</code>
-<p><br><a name="statcache"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>stat cache (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter determines if <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will use a
+<p><a name="statcache"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>stat cache (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter determines if <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> will use a
 cache in order to speed up case insensitive name mappings. You should
 never need to change this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	stat cache = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="statcachesize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>stat cache size (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter determines the number of entries in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcache"><strong>stat
+<p><a name="statcachesize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>stat cache size (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter determines the number of entries in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#statcache"><strong>stat
 cache</strong></a>.  You should never need to change this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	stat cache size = 50</code>
-<p><br><a name="status"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>status (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This enables or disables logging of connections to a status file that
+<p><a name="status"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>status (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This enables or disables logging of connections to a status file that
 <a href="smbstatus.1.html"><strong>smbstatus</strong></a> can read.
-<p><br>With this disabled <a href="smbstatus.1.html"><strong>smbstatus</strong></a> won't be able
+<p>With this disabled <a href="smbstatus.1.html"><strong>smbstatus</strong></a> won't be able
 to tell you what connections are active. You should never need to
 change this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 	status = yes
-<p><br><a name="strictlocking"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>strict locking (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean that controls the handling of file locking in the
+<p><a name="strictlocking"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>strict locking (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean that controls the handling of file locking in the
 server. When this is set to <code>"yes"</code> the server will check every read and
 write access for file locks, and deny access if locks exist. This can
 be slow on some systems.
-<p><br>When strict locking is <code>"no"</code> the server does file lock checks only
+<p>When strict locking is <code>"no"</code> the server does file lock checks only
 when the client explicitly asks for them.
-<p><br>Well behaved clients always ask for lock checks when it is important,
+<p>Well behaved clients always ask for lock checks when it is important,
 so in the vast majority of cases <strong>"strict locking = no"</strong> is
 preferable.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	strict locking = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	strict locking = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="strictsync"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>strict sync (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Many Windows applications (including the Windows 98 explorer shell)
+<p><a name="strictsync"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>strict sync (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Many Windows applications (including the Windows 98 explorer shell)
 seem to confuse flushing buffer contents to disk with doing a sync to
 disk. Under UNIX, a sync call forces the process to be suspended until
 the kernel has ensured that all outstanding data in kernel disk
@@ -4406,23 +4402,23 @@ operating system itself that Samba is running on crashes, so there is
 little danger in this default setting. In addition, this fixes many
 performance problems that people have reported with the new Windows98
 explorer shell file copies.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syncalways"><strong>"sync always"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#syncalways"><strong>"sync always"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	strict sync = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	strict sync = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="stripdot"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>strip dot (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean that controls whether to strip trailing dots off
+<p><a name="stripdot"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>strip dot (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean that controls whether to strip trailing dots off
 UNIX filenames. This helps with some CDROMs that have filenames ending
 in a single dot.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	strip dot = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	strip dot = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="syncalways"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>sync always (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean parameter that controls whether writes will always
+<p><a name="syncalways"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>sync always (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean parameter that controls whether writes will always
 be written to stable storage before the write call returns. If this is
 false then the server will be guided by the client's request in each
 write call (clients can set a bit indicating that a particular write
@@ -4430,70 +4426,70 @@ should be synchronous). If this is true then every write will be
 followed by a fsync() call to ensure the data is written to disk.
 Note that the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictsync"><strong>"strict sync"</strong></a> parameter must be
 set to <code>"yes"</code> in order for this parameter to have any affect.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictsync"><strong>"strict sync"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#strictsync"><strong>"strict sync"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	sync always = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	sync always = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="syslog"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>syslog (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter maps how Samba debug messages are logged onto the
+<p><a name="syslog"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>syslog (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter maps how Samba debug messages are logged onto the
 system syslog logging levels. Samba debug level zero maps onto syslog
 LOG_ERR, debug level one maps onto LOG_WARNING, debug level two maps
 onto LOG_NOTICE, debug level three maps onto LOG_INFO. All higher 
 levels are mapped to LOG_DEBUG.
-<p><br>This paramter sets the threshold for sending messages to syslog. 
+<p>This paramter sets the threshold for sending messages to syslog. 
 Only messages with debug level less than this value will be sent 
 to syslog.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	syslog = 1</code>
-<p><br><a name="syslogonly"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>syslog only (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this parameter is set then Samba debug messages are logged into the
+<p><a name="syslogonly"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>syslog only (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this parameter is set then Samba debug messages are logged into the
 system syslog only, and not to the debug log files.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	syslog only = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="templatehomedir"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>template homedir (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
-<p><br>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the
+<p><a name="templatehomedir"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>template homedir (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
+<p>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the
 <a href="winbindd.8.html"><strong>winbindd</strong></a> daemon uses this parameter to fill in
 the home directory for that user.  If the string <code>%D</code> is present it is
 substituted with the user's Windows NT domain name.  If the string <code>%U</code>
 is present it is substituted with the user's Windows NT user name.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     template homedir = /home/%D/%U</code>
-<p><br><a name="templateshell"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>template shell (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
-<p><br>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the
+<p><a name="templateshell"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>template shell (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
+<p>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the
 <a href="winbindd.8.html"><strong>winbindd</strong></a> daemon uses this parameter to fill in
 the login shell for that user.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     template shell = /bin/false</code>
-<p><br><a name="timeoffset"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>time offset (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is a setting in minutes to add to the normal GMT to
+<p><a name="timeoffset"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>time offset (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is a setting in minutes to add to the normal GMT to
 local time conversion. This is useful if you are serving a lot of PCs
 that have incorrect daylight saving time handling.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	time offset = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	time offset = 60</code>
-<p><br><a name="timeserver"></a>
-<p><br><li><strong><strong>time server (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter determines if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> advertises
+<p><a name="timeserver"></a>
+<p><p></p><dt><strong><strong>time server (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter determines if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> advertises
 itself as a time server to Windows clients. The default is False.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	time server = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	time server = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="timestamplogs"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>timestamp logs (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="debugtimestamp"><strong>"debug timestamp"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="unixpasswordsync"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>unix password sync (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to synchronize
+<p><a name="timestamplogs"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>timestamp logs (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="debugtimestamp"><strong>"debug timestamp"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="unixpasswordsync"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>unix password sync (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to synchronize
 the UNIX password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB
 password in the smbpasswd file is changed. If this is set to true the
 program specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a>
@@ -4501,25 +4497,25 @@ parameter is called <em>*AS ROOT*</em> - to allow the new UNIX password to be
 set without access to the old UNIX password (as the SMB password has
 change code has no access to the old password cleartext, only the
 new). By default this is set to <code>"false"</code>.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>"passwd
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdprogram"><strong>"passwd program"</strong></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwdchat"><strong>"passwd
 chat"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	unix password sync = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	unix password sync = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="unixrealname"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>unix realname (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter when set causes samba to supply the real name
+<p><a name="unixrealname"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>unix realname (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter when set causes samba to supply the real name
 field from the unix password file to the client. This is useful for
 setting up mail clients and WWW browsers on systems used by more than
 one person.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	unix realname = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	unix realname = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="updateencrypted"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>update encrypted (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter allows a user logging on with a plaintext
+<p><a name="updateencrypted"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>update encrypted (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter allows a user logging on with a plaintext
 password to have their encrypted (hashed) password in the smbpasswd
 file to be updated automatically as they log on. This option allows a
 site to migrate from plaintext password authentication (users
@@ -4531,80 +4527,80 @@ change is made. This is a convenience option to allow the change over
 to encrypted passwords to be made over a longer period. Once all users
 have encrypted representations of their passwords in the smbpasswd
 file this parameter should be set to <code>"off"</code>.
-<p><br>In order for this parameter to work correctly the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>"encrypt
+<p>In order for this parameter to work correctly the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords"><strong>"encrypt
 passwords"</strong></a> parameter must be set to <code>"no"</code> when
 this parameter is set to <code>"yes"</code>.
-<p><br>Note that even when this parameter is set a user authenticating to
+<p>Note that even when this parameter is set a user authenticating to
 smbd must still enter a valid password in order to connect correctly,
 and to update their hashed (smbpasswd) passwords.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	update encrypted = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	update encrypted = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="userhosts"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>use rhosts (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>If this global parameter is a true, it specifies that the UNIX users
+<p><a name="userhosts"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>use rhosts (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>If this global parameter is a true, it specifies that the UNIX users
 <code>".rhosts"</code> file in their home directory will be read to find the
 names of hosts and users who will be allowed access without specifying
 a password.
-<p><br>NOTE: The use of <strong>use rhosts</strong> can be a major security hole. This is
+<p>NOTE: The use of <strong>use rhosts</strong> can be a major security hole. This is
 because you are trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is
 very easy to get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the
 <strong>use rhosts</strong> option be only used if you really know what you are
 doing.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	use rhosts = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	use rhosts = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="user"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>user (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>"username"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="users"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>users (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>"username"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="username"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>username (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Multiple users may be specified in a comma-delimited list, in which
+<p><a name="user"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>user (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>"username"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="users"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>users (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#username"><strong>"username"</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="username"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>username (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Multiple users may be specified in a comma-delimited list, in which
 case the supplied password will be tested against each username in
 turn (left to right).
-<p><br>The <strong>username=</strong> line is needed only when the PC is unable to supply
+<p>The <strong>username=</strong> line is needed only when the PC is unable to supply
 its own username. This is the case for the COREPLUS protocol or where
 your users have different WfWg usernames to UNIX usernames. In both
 these cases you may also be better using the <code>\\server\share%user</code>
 syntax instead.
-<p><br>The <strong>username=</strong> line is not a great solution in many cases as it
+<p>The <strong>username=</strong> line is not a great solution in many cases as it
 means Samba will try to validate the supplied password against each of
 the usernames in the username= line in turn. This is slow and a bad
 idea for lots of users in case of duplicate passwords. You may get
 timeouts or security breaches using this parameter unwisely.
-<p><br>Samba relies on the underlying UNIX security. This parameter does not
+<p>Samba relies on the underlying UNIX security. This parameter does not
 restrict who can login, it just offers hints to the Samba server as to
 what usernames might correspond to the supplied password. Users can
 login as whoever they please and they will be able to do no more
 damage than if they started a telnet session. The daemon runs as the
 user that they log in as, so they cannot do anything that user cannot
 do.
-<p><br>To restrict a service to a particular set of users you can use the
+<p>To restrict a service to a particular set of users you can use the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#validusers"><strong>"valid users="</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'@'</code> then the name will be
+<p>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'@'</code> then the name will be
 looked up first in the yp netgroups list (if Samba is compiled with
 netgroup support), followed by a lookup in the UNIX groups database
 and will expand to a list of all users in the group of that name.
-<p><br>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'+'</code> then the name will be
+<p>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'+'</code> then the name will be
 looked up only in the UNIX groups database and will expand to a list
 of all users in the group of that name.
-<p><br>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'&amp;'</code> then the name will be
+<p>If any of the usernames begin with a <code>'&amp;'</code> then the name will be
 looked up only in the yp netgroups database (if Samba is compiled with
 netgroup support) and will expand to a list of all users in the
 netgroup group of that name.
-<p><br>Note that searching though a groups database can take quite some time,
+<p>Note that searching though a groups database can take quite some time,
 and some clients may time out during the search.
-<p><br>See the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
+<p>See the section <a href="smb.conf.5.html#NOTEABOUTUSERNAMEPASSWORDVALIDATION"><strong>"NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD
 VALIDATION"</strong></a> for more
 information on how this parameter determines access to the services.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	The guest account if a guest service, else the name of the service.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Examples:</strong>
+<p><strong>Examples:</strong>
 <pre>
 
  	username = fred
@@ -4612,74 +4608,74 @@ information on how this parameter determines access to the services.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><a name="usernamelevel"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>username level (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option helps Samba to try and 'guess' at the real UNIX username,
+<p><a name="usernamelevel"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>username level (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option helps Samba to try and 'guess' at the real UNIX username,
 as many DOS clients send an all-uppercase username. By default Samba
 tries all lowercase, followed by the username with the first letter
 capitalized, and fails if the username is not found on the UNIX
 machine.
-<p><br>If this parameter is set to non-zero the behavior changes. This
+<p>If this parameter is set to non-zero the behavior changes. This
 parameter is a number that specifies the number of uppercase
 combinations to try whilst trying to determine the UNIX user name. The
 higher the number the more combinations will be tried, but the slower
 the discovery of usernames will be. Use this parameter when you have
 strange usernames on your UNIX machine, such as <code>"AstrangeUser"</code>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	username level = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	username level = 5</code>
-<p><br><a name="usernamemap"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>username map (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This option allows you to specify a file containing a mapping of
+<p><a name="usernamemap"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>username map (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This option allows you to specify a file containing a mapping of
 usernames from the clients to the server. This can be used for several
 purposes. The most common is to map usernames that users use on DOS or
 Windows machines to those that the UNIX box uses. The other is to map
 multiple users to a single username so that they can more easily share
 files.
-<p><br>The map file is parsed line by line. Each line should contain a single
+<p>The map file is parsed line by line. Each line should contain a single
 UNIX username on the left then a <code>'='</code> followed by a list of
 usernames on the right. The list of usernames on the right may contain
 names of the form @group in which case they will match any UNIX
 username in that group. The special client name <code>'*'</code> is a wildcard
 and matches any name. Each line of the map file may be up to 1023
 characters long.
-<p><br>The file is processed on each line by taking the supplied username and
+<p>The file is processed on each line by taking the supplied username and
 comparing it with each username on the right hand side of the <code>'='</code>
 signs. If the supplied name matches any of the names on the right hand
 side then it is replaced with the name on the left. Processing then
 continues with the next line.
-<p><br>If any line begins with a <code>'#'</code> or a <code>';'</code> then it is ignored
-<p><br>If any line begins with an <code>'!'</code> then the processing will stop after
+<p>If any line begins with a <code>'#'</code> or a <code>';'</code> then it is ignored
+<p>If any line begins with an <code>'!'</code> then the processing will stop after
 that line if a mapping was done by the line. Otherwise mapping
 continues with every line being processed. Using <code>'!'</code> is most
 useful when you have a wildcard mapping line later in the file.
-<p><br>For example to map from the name <code>"admin"</code> or <code>"administrator"</code> to
+<p>For example to map from the name <code>"admin"</code> or <code>"administrator"</code> to
 the UNIX name <code>"root"</code> you would use:
-<p><br><code>	root = admin administrator</code>
-<p><br>Or to map anyone in the UNIX group <code>"system"</code> to the UNIX name
+<p><code>	root = admin administrator</code>
+<p>Or to map anyone in the UNIX group <code>"system"</code> to the UNIX name
 <code>"sys"</code> you would use:
-<p><br><code>	sys = @system</code>
-<p><br>You can have as many mappings as you like in a username map file.
-<p><br>If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then the netgroup
+<p><code>	sys = @system</code>
+<p>You can have as many mappings as you like in a username map file.
+<p>If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then the netgroup
 database is checked before the <code>/etc/group</code> database for matching
 groups.
-<p><br>You can map Windows usernames that have spaces in them by using double
+<p>You can map Windows usernames that have spaces in them by using double
 quotes around the name. For example:
-<p><br><code>	tridge = "Andrew Tridgell"</code>
-<p><br>would map the windows username <code>"Andrew Tridgell"</code> to the unix
+<p><code>	tridge = "Andrew Tridgell"</code>
+<p>would map the windows username <code>"Andrew Tridgell"</code> to the unix
 username tridge.
-<p><br>The following example would map mary and fred to the unix user sys,
+<p>The following example would map mary and fred to the unix user sys,
 and map the rest to guest. Note the use of the <code>'!'</code> to tell Samba
 to stop processing if it gets a match on that line.
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
 	!sys = mary fred
 	guest = *
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences of
+<p>Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences of
 usernames. Thus if you connect to <code>"\\server\fred"</code> and <code>"fred"</code>
 is remapped to <code>"mary"</code> then you will actually be connecting to
 <code>"\\server\mary"</code> and will need to supply a password suitable for
@@ -4687,84 +4683,84 @@ is remapped to <code>"mary"</code> then you will actually be connecting to
 passed to the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver"><strong>"password server"</strong></a> (if you have
 one). The password server will receive whatever username the client
 supplies without modification.
-<p><br>Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect this has is
+<p>Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect this has is
 with printing. Users who have been mapped may have trouble deleting
 print jobs as PrintManager under WfWg will think they don't own the
 print job.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	no username map</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map</code>
-<p><br><a name="utmp"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>utmp (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean parameter is only available if Samba has been configured and compiled 
+<p><a name="utmp"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>utmp (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean parameter is only available if Samba has been configured and compiled 
 with the option <code>--with-utmp</code>. If set to True then Samba will attempt
 to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a
 connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the
 user connecting to a Samba share.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmpdirectory"><strong>"utmp directory"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmpdirectory"><strong>"utmp directory"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>utmp = False</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>utmp = True</code>
-<p><br><a name="utmpdirectory"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>utmp directory(G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is only available if Samba has been configured and compiled
+<p><a name="utmpdirectory"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>utmp directory(G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is only available if Samba has been configured and compiled
 with the option <code>--with-utmp</code>. It specifies a directory pathname that is
 used to store the utmp or utmpx files (depending on the UNIX system) that
 record user connections to a Samba server. See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#utmp"><strong>"utmp"</strong></a>
 parameter. By default this is not set, meaning the system will use whatever
 utmp file the native system is set to use (usually /var/run/utmp on Linux).
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>no utmp directory</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>utmp directory = /var/adm/</code>
-<p><br><a name="winbindcachetime"></a>
-<li><strong>winbind cache time</strong>
-<p><br>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
-<p><br>This parameter specifies the number of seconds the
+<p><a name="winbindcachetime"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong>winbind cache time</strong><dd>
+<p>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
+<p>This parameter specifies the number of seconds the
 <a href="winbindd.8.html"><strong>winbindd</strong></a> daemon will cache user and group
 information before querying a Windows NT server again.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     winbind cache type = 15</code>
-<p><br><a name="winbindgid"></a>
-<li><strong>winbind gid</strong>
-<p><br>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
-<p><br>The winbind gid parameter specifies the range of group ids that are
+<p><a name="winbindgid"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong>winbind gid</strong><dd>
+<p>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
+<p>The winbind gid parameter specifies the range of group ids that are
 allocated by the <a href="winbindd.8.html"><strong>winbindd</strong></a> daemon.  This range of
 group ids should have no existing local or nis groups within it as strange
 conflicts can occur otherwise.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     winbind gid = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>     winbind gid = 10000-20000</code>
-<p><br><a name="winbinduid"></a>
-<li><strong>winbind uid</strong>
-<p><br>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
-<p><br>The winbind uid parameter specifies the range of user ids that are
+<p><a name="winbinduid"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong>winbind uid</strong><dd>
+<p>NOTE: this parameter is only available in Samba 3.0.
+<p>The winbind uid parameter specifies the range of user ids that are
 allocated by the <a href="winbindd.8.html"><strong>winbindd</strong></a> daemon.  This range of
 ids should have no existing local or nis users within it as strange
 conflicts can occur otherwise.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     winbind uid = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>     winbind uid = 10000-20000</code>
-<p><br><a name="validchars"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>valid chars (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>The option allows you to specify additional characters that should be
+<p><a name="validchars"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>valid chars (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>The option allows you to specify additional characters that should be
 considered valid by the server in filenames. This is particularly
 useful for national character sets, such as adding u-umlaut or a-ring.
-<p><br>The option takes a list of characters in either integer or character
+<p>The option takes a list of characters in either integer or character
 form with spaces between them. If you give two characters with a colon
 between them then it will be taken as an lowercase:uppercase pair.
-<p><br>If you have an editor capable of entering the characters into the
+<p>If you have an editor capable of entering the characters into the
 config file then it is probably easiest to use this method. Otherwise
 you can specify the characters in octal, decimal or hexadecimal form
 using the usual C notation.
-<p><br>For example to add the single character <code>'Z'</code> to the charset (which
+<p>For example to add the single character <code>'Z'</code> to the charset (which
 is a pointless thing to do as it's already there) you could do one of
 the following
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><pre>
 
 	valid chars = Z
 	valid chars = z:Z
@@ -4772,15 +4768,15 @@ the following
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>The last two examples above actually add two characters, and alter the
+<p>The last two examples above actually add two characters, and alter the
 uppercase and lowercase mappings appropriately.
-<p><br>Note that you MUST specify this parameter after the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client
+<p>Note that you MUST specify this parameter after the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client
 code page"</strong></a> parameter if you have both set. If
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client code page"</strong></a> is set after the
 <strong>"valid chars"</strong> parameter the <strong>"valid chars"</strong> settings will be
 overwritten.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client code page"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#clientcodepage"><strong>"client code page"</strong></a> parameter.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <pre>
 
 	Samba defaults to using a reasonable set of valid characters
@@ -4788,60 +4784,60 @@ overwritten.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><strong>Example</strong>
+<p><strong>Example</strong>
 <code>	valid chars = 0345:0305 0366:0326 0344:0304</code>
-<p><br>The above example allows filenames to have the Swedish characters in
+<p>The above example allows filenames to have the Swedish characters in
 them.
-<p><br>NOTE: It is actually quite difficult to correctly produce a <strong>"valid
+<p>NOTE: It is actually quite difficult to correctly produce a <strong>"valid
 chars"</strong> line for a particular system. To automate the process
 <a href="mailto:tino@augsburg.net"><em>tino@augsburg.net</em></a> has written a package called <strong>"validchars"</strong>
 which will automatically produce a complete <strong>"valid chars"</strong> line for
 a given client system. Look in the examples/validchars/ subdirectory
 of your Samba source code distribution for this package.
-<p><br><a name="validusers"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>valid users (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users that should be allowed to login to this
+<p><a name="validusers"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>valid users (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users that should be allowed to login to this
 service. Names starting with <code>'@'</code>, <code>'+'</code> and <code>'&amp;'</code> are
 interpreted using the same rules as described in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid
 users"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br>If this is empty (the default) then any user can login. If a username
+<p>If this is empty (the default) then any user can login. If a username
 is in both this list and the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid users"</strong></a>
 list then access is denied for that user.
-<p><br>The current servicename is substituted for
+<p>The current servicename is substituted for
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#percentS"><strong>"%S"</strong></a>. This is useful in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a> section.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid users"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#invalidusers"><strong>"invalid users"</strong></a>.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	No valid users list. (anyone can login)</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	valid users = greg, @pcusers</code>
-<p><br><a name="vetofiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>veto files(S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of files and directories that are neither visible nor
+<p><a name="vetofiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>veto files(S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of files and directories that are neither visible nor
 accessible.  Each entry in the list must be separated by a <code>'/'</code>,
 which allows spaces to be included in the entry. <code>'*'</code> and <code>'?'</code> 
 can be used to specify multiple files or directories as in DOS
 wildcards.
-<p><br>Each entry must be a unix path, not a DOS path and must <em>*not*</em> include the 
+<p>Each entry must be a unix path, not a DOS path and must <em>*not*</em> include the 
 unix directory separator <code>'/'</code>.
-<p><br>Note that the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case sensitive"</strong></a> option is
+<p>Note that the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case sensitive"</strong></a> option is
 applicable in vetoing files.
-<p><br>One feature of the veto files parameter that it is important to be
+<p>One feature of the veto files parameter that it is important to be
 aware of, is that if a directory contains nothing but files that match
 the veto files parameter (which means that Windows/DOS clients cannot
 ever see them) is deleted, the veto files within that directory *are
 automatically deleted* along with it, if the user has UNIX permissions
 to do so.
-<p><br>Setting this parameter will affect the performance of Samba, as it
+<p>Setting this parameter will affect the performance of Samba, as it
 will be forced to check all files and directories for a match as they
 are scanned.
-<p><br>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidefiles"><strong>"hide files"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case
+<p>See also <a href="smb.conf.5.html#hidefiles"><strong>"hide files"</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#casesensitive"><strong>"case
 sensitive"</strong></a>.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	No files or directories are vetoed.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Examples:</strong>
-<p><br>Example 1.
-<p><br><pre>
+<p><strong>Examples:</strong>
+<p>Example 1.
+<p><pre>
 
 
     Veto any files containing the word Security, 
@@ -4852,8 +4848,8 @@ sensitive"</strong></a>.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br>Example 2.
-<p><br><pre>
+<p>Example 2.
+<p><pre>
 
     Veto the Apple specific files that a NetAtalk server
     creates.
@@ -4862,170 +4858,170 @@ sensitive"</strong></a>.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br><a name="vetooplockfiles"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>veto oplock files (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter is only valid when the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a>
+<p><a name="vetooplockfiles"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>veto oplock files (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter is only valid when the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#oplocks"><strong>"oplocks"</strong></a>
 parameter is turned on for a share. It allows the Samba administrator
 to selectively turn off the granting of oplocks on selected files that
 match a wildcarded list, similar to the wildcarded list used in the
 <a href="smb.conf.5.html#vetofiles"><strong>"veto files"</strong></a> parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	No files are vetoed for oplock grants.</code>
-<p><br><strong>Examples:</strong>
-<p><br>You might want to do this on files that you know will be heavily
+<p><strong>Examples:</strong>
+<p>You might want to do this on files that you know will be heavily
 contended for by clients. A good example of this is in the NetBench
 SMB benchmark program, which causes heavy client contention for files
 ending in <code>".SEM"</code>. To cause Samba not to grant oplocks on these
 files you would use the line (either in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#global"><strong>[global]</strong></a>
 section or in the section for the particular NetBench share :
-<p><br><code>     veto oplock files = /*.SEM/</code>
-<p><br><a name="volume"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>volume (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This allows you to override the volume label returned for a
+<p><code>     veto oplock files = /*.SEM/</code>
+<p><a name="volume"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>volume (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This allows you to override the volume label returned for a
 share. Useful for CDROMs with installation programs that insist on a
 particular volume label.
-<p><br>The default is the name of the share.
-<p><br><a name="widelinks"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>wide links (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls whether or not links in the UNIX file system
+<p>The default is the name of the share.
+<p><a name="widelinks"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>wide links (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls whether or not links in the UNIX file system
 may be followed by the server. Links that point to areas within the
 directory tree exported by the server are always allowed; this
 parameter controls access only to areas that are outside the directory
 tree being exported.
-<p><br>Note that setting this parameter can have a negative effect on your
+<p>Note that setting this parameter can have a negative effect on your
 server performance due to the extra system calls that Samba has to
 do in order to perform the link checks.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	wide links = yes</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code> 	wide links = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="winsproxy"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>wins proxy (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a boolean that controls if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
+<p><a name="winsproxy"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>wins proxy (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a boolean that controls if <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> will
 respond to broadcast name queries on behalf of other hosts. You may
 need to set this to <code>"yes"</code> for some older clients.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	wins proxy = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="winsserver"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>wins server (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This specifies the IP address (or DNS name: IP address for preference)
+<p><a name="winsserver"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>wins server (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This specifies the IP address (or DNS name: IP address for preference)
 of the WINS server that <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> should register with.
 If you have a WINS server on your network then you should set this to
 the WINS server's IP.        
-<p><br>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a
+<p>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a
 multi-subnetted network.
-<p><br><em>NOTE</em>. You need to set up Samba to point to a WINS server if you
+<p><em>NOTE</em>. You need to set up Samba to point to a WINS server if you
 have multiple subnets and wish cross-subnet browsing to work correctly.
-<p><br>See the documentation file BROWSING.txt in the docs/ directory of your
+<p>See the documentation file BROWSING.txt in the docs/ directory of your
 Samba source distribution.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	wins server = </code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	wins server = 192.9.200.1</code>
-<p><br><a name="winshook"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>wins hook (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>When Samba is running as a WINS server this allows you to call an
+<p><a name="winshook"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>wins hook (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>When Samba is running as a WINS server this allows you to call an
 external program for all changes to the WINS database. The primary use
 for this option is to allow the dynamic update of external name
 resolution databases such as dynamic DNS.
-<p><br>The wins hook parameter specifies the name of a script or executable
+<p>The wins hook parameter specifies the name of a script or executable
 that will be called as follows:
-<p><br>wins_hook operation name nametype ttl IP_list
-<p><br>The first argument is the operation and is one of "add", "delete",
+<p>wins_hook operation name nametype ttl IP_list
+<p>The first argument is the operation and is one of "add", "delete",
 or "refresh". In most cases the operation can be ignored as the rest
 of the parameters provide sufficient information. Note that "refresh"
 may sometimes be called when the name has not previously been added,
 in that case it should be treated as an add.
-<p><br>The second argument is the netbios name. If the name is not a legal
+<p>The second argument is the netbios name. If the name is not a legal
 name then the wins hook is not called. Legal names contain only
 letters, digits, hyphens, underscores and periods.
-<p><br>The third argument is the netbios name type as a 2 digit hexadecimal
+<p>The third argument is the netbios name type as a 2 digit hexadecimal
 number. 
-<p><br>The fourth argument is the TTL (time to live) for the name in seconds.
-<p><br>The fifth and subsequent arguments are the IP addresses currently
+<p>The fourth argument is the TTL (time to live) for the name in seconds.
+<p>The fifth and subsequent arguments are the IP addresses currently
 registered for that name. If this list is empty then the name should
 be deleted.
-<p><br>An example script that calls the BIND dynamic DNS update program
+<p>An example script that calls the BIND dynamic DNS update program
 "nsupdate" is provided in the examples directory of the Samba source
 code. 
-<p><br><a name="winssupport"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>wins support (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This boolean controls if the <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> process in
+<p><a name="winssupport"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>wins support (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This boolean controls if the <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> process in
 Samba will act as a WINS server. You should not set this to true
 unless you have a multi-subnetted network and you wish a particular
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a> to be your WINS server. Note that you
 should <em>*NEVER*</em> set this to true on more than one machine in your
 network.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>	wins support = no</code>
-<p><br><a name="workgroup"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>workgroup (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This controls what workgroup your server will appear to be in when
+<p><a name="workgroup"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>workgroup (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This controls what workgroup your server will appear to be in when
 queried by clients. Note that this parameter also controls the Domain
 name used with the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain"><strong>"security=domain"</strong></a>
 setting.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	set at compile time to WORKGROUP</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
  	workgroup = MYGROUP
-<p><br><a name="writable"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>writable (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a> for people who can't spell :-).
-<p><br><a name="writelist"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>write list (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This is a list of users that are given read-write access to a
+<p><a name="writable"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>writable (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a> for people who can't spell :-).
+<p><a name="writelist"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>write list (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This is a list of users that are given read-write access to a
 service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will be
 given write access, no matter what the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>"writeable"</strong></a>
 option is set to. The list can include group names using the @group
 syntax.
-<p><br>Note that if a user is in both the read list and the write list then
+<p>Note that if a user is in both the read list and the write list then
 they will be given write access.
-<p><br>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readlist"><strong>"read list"</strong></a> option.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p>See also the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readlist"><strong>"read list"</strong></a> option.
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     write list = &lt;empty string&gt;</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	write list = admin, root, @staff</code>
-<p><br><a name="writecachesize"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>write cache size (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This integer parameter (new with Samba 2.0.7) if set to non-zero causes Samba to create an in-memory
+<p><a name="writecachesize"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>write cache size (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This integer parameter (new with Samba 2.0.7) if set to non-zero causes Samba to create an in-memory
 cache for each oplocked file (it does <strong>not</strong> do this for non-oplocked files). All
 writes that the client does not request to be flushed directly to disk will be
 stored in this cache if possible. The cache is flushed onto disk when a write
 comes in whose offset would not fit into the cache or when the file is closed
 by the client. Reads for the file are also served from this cache if the data
 is stored within it.
-<p><br>This cache allows Samba to batch client writes into a more efficient write
+<p>This cache allows Samba to batch client writes into a more efficient write
 size for RAID disks (ie. writes may be tuned to be the RAID stripe size) and
 can improve performance on systems where the disk subsystem is a bottleneck
 but there is free memory for userspace programs.
-<p><br>The integer parameter specifies the size of this cache (per oplocked file)
+<p>The integer parameter specifies the size of this cache (per oplocked file)
 in bytes.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code>     write cache size = 0</code>
-<p><br><strong>Example:</strong>
+<p><strong>Example:</strong>
 <code>	     write cache size = 262144</code>
 for a 256k cache size per file.
-<p><br><a name="writeok"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>write ok (S)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>writeable</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="writeraw"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>write raw (G)</strong></strong>
-<p><br>This parameter controls whether or not the server will support raw
+<p><a name="writeok"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>write ok (S)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>Synonym for <a href="smb.conf.5.html#writeable"><strong>writeable</strong></a>.
+<p><a name="writeraw"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>write raw (G)</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>This parameter controls whether or not the server will support raw
 writes SMB's when transferring data from clients. You should never
 need to change this parameter.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	write raw = yes</code>
-<p><br><a name="writeable"></a>
-<li><strong><strong>writeable</strong></strong>
-<p><br>An inverted synonym is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>"read only"</strong></a>.
-<p><br>If this parameter is <code>"no"</code>, then users of a service may not create
+<p><a name="writeable"></a>
+<p></p><dt><strong><strong>writeable</strong></strong><dd>
+<p>An inverted synonym is <a href="smb.conf.5.html#readonly"><strong>"read only"</strong></a>.
+<p>If this parameter is <code>"no"</code>, then users of a service may not create
 or modify files in the service's directory.
-<p><br>Note that a printable service <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>("printable = yes")</strong></a>
+<p>Note that a printable service <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printable"><strong>("printable = yes")</strong></a>
 will <em>*ALWAYS*</em> allow writing to the directory (user privileges
 permitting), but only via spooling operations.
-<p><br><strong>Default:</strong>
+<p><strong>Default:</strong>
 <code> 	writeable = no</code>
-<p><br><strong>Examples:</strong>
+<p><strong>Examples:</strong>
 <pre>
 
  	read only = no
@@ -5034,50 +5030,50 @@ permitting), but only via spooling operations.
 
 </pre>
 
-<p><br></ul>
-<p><br><a name="WARNINGS"></a>
+<p></dl>
+<p><a name="WARNINGS"></a>
 <h2>WARNINGS</h2>
     
-<p><br>Although the configuration file permits service names to contain
+<p>Although the configuration file permits service names to contain
 spaces, your client software may not. Spaces will be ignored in
 comparisons anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem - but be aware of the
 possibility.
-<p><br>On a similar note, many clients - especially DOS clients - limit
+<p>On a similar note, many clients - especially DOS clients - limit
 service names to eight characters. <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>Smbd</strong></a> has no
 such limitation, but attempts to connect from such clients will fail
 if they truncate the service names.  For this reason you should
 probably keep your service names down to eight characters in length.
-<p><br>Use of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a>
+<p>Use of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#homes"><strong>[homes]</strong></a> and <a href="smb.conf.5.html#printers"><strong>[printers]</strong></a>
 special sections make life for an administrator easy, but the various
 combinations of default attributes can be tricky. Take extreme care
 when designing these sections. In particular, ensure that the
 permissions on spool directories are correct.
-<p><br><a name="VERSION"></a>
+<p><a name="VERSION"></a>
 <h2>VERSION</h2>
     
-<p><br>This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.
-<p><br><a name="SEEALSO"></a>
+<p>This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.
+<p><a name="SEEALSO"></a>
 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
     
-<p><br><a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a>, <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient (1)</strong></a>,
+<p><a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a>, <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient (1)</strong></a>,
 <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd (8)</strong></a>, <a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>testparm (1)</strong></a>,
 <a href="testprns.1.html"><strong>testprns (1)</strong></a>, <a href="samba.7.html"><strong>Samba</strong></a>,
 <a href="nmblookup.1.html"><strong>nmblookup (1)</strong></a>, <a href="smbpasswd.5.html"><strong>smbpasswd (5)</strong></a>,
 <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd (8)</strong></a>.
-<p><br><a name="AUTHOR"></a>
+<p><a name="AUTHOR"></a>
 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
     
-<p><br>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
+<p>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
 Andrew Tridgell <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>. Samba is now developed
 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
 Linux kernel is developed.
-<p><br>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
+<p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
 sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
 Source software, available at
 <a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"><strong>ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</strong></a>)
 and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
 <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>.
-<p><br>See <a href="samba.7.html"><strong>samba (7)</strong></a> to find out how to get a full
+<p>See <a href="samba.7.html"><strong>samba (7)</strong></a> to find out how to get a full
 list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
 comments etc.
 </body>
diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
index b4e20c379b..f4b42282f5 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
+++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "smb\&.conf " "5" "23 Oct 1998" "Samba" "SAMBA" 
+.TH "smb\&.conf " "5" "10 Jan 2001" "Samba" "SAMBA"
 .PP 
 .SH "NAME" 
 smb\&.conf \- The configuration file for the Samba suite
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ write access to the path \f(CW/home/bar\fP\&. The share is accessed via
 the share name "foo":
 .PP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ the share name "foo":
  		writeable = true
 
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .PP 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ is via calls to open, write to and close a spool file\&. The
 as the default guest user (specified elsewhere):
 .PP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
  	[aprinter]
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ as the default guest user (specified elsewhere):
  		printable = true
  		guest ok = true
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .PP 
@@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ section can specify, though some make more sense than others\&. The
 following is a typical and suitable [homes] section:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
  	[homes]
  		writeable = yes
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ directory with the sticky bit set on it\&. A typical \fB[printers]\fP entry
 would look like this:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
  	[printers]
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ would look like this:
  		guest ok = yes
  		printable = yes 
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ pseudo-printcap\&. This is a file consisting of one or more lines like
 this:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
         alias|alias|alias|alias\&.\&.\&.    
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ parameter for details\&.  Note that some are synonyms\&.
 \fBgetwd cache\fP
 .IP 
 .IP o 
+\fBhide local users\fP
+.IP 
+.IP o 
 \fBhomedir map\fP
 .IP 
 .IP o 
@@ -1995,7 +1998,7 @@ interesting things\&.
 .IP 
 \fBExample:\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	default service = pub
@@ -2003,7 +2006,7 @@ interesting things\&.
 	[pub]
 		path = /%S
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -2140,26 +2143,26 @@ and remaining space will be used\&.\fP
 Where the script dfree (which must be made executable) could be:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	#!/bin/sh
 	df $1 | tail -1 | awk \'{print $2" "$4}\'
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
 or perhaps (on Sys V based systems):
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	#!/bin/sh
 	/usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk \'{print $3" "$5}\'
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -2798,13 +2801,13 @@ files"\fP and \fB"case sensitive"\fP\&.
 .IP 
 \fBDefault\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	No files or directories are hidden by this option (dot files are
 	hidden by default because of the "hide dot files" option)\&.
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -2815,6 +2818,17 @@ The above example is based on files that the Macintosh SMB client
 (DAVE) available from \fBThursby\fP creates for
 internal use, and also still hides all files beginning with a dot\&.
 .IP 
+.IP "\fBhide local users(G)\fP" 
+.IP 
+This parameter toggles the hiding of local UNIX users (root, wheel, floppy, etc)
+from remote clients\&.
+.IP 
+\fBDefault:\fP
+\f(CW hide local users = No\fP
+.IP 
+\fBExample:\fP
+\f(CW hide local users = Yes\fP
+.IP 
 .IP "\fBhomedir map (G)\fP" 
 .IP 
 If \fB"nis homedir"\fP is true, and
@@ -4482,20 +4496,20 @@ debug"\fP\&.
 .IP 
 \fBExample:\fP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
  passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\en "*Enter NEW password*" %n\en "*Reenter NEW password*" %n\en "*Password changed*"
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
 \fBDefault:\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
        passwd chat = *old*password* %o\en *new*password* %n\en *new*password* %n\en *changed*
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -4747,12 +4761,12 @@ An interesting example is to send the users a welcome message every
 time they log in\&. Maybe a message of the day? Here is an example:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	preexec = csh -c \'echo \e"Welcome to %S!\e" | /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -M %m -I %I\' &
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -4937,7 +4951,7 @@ to obtain a printer list\&.
 A minimal printcap file would look something like this:
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	print1|My Printer 1
@@ -4946,7 +4960,7 @@ A minimal printcap file would look something like this:
 	print4|My Printer 4
 	print5|My Printer 5
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -6482,13 +6496,13 @@ information on how this parameter determines access to the services\&.
 .IP 
 \fBExamples:\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
  	username = fred
  	username = fred, mary, jack, jane, @users, @pcgroup
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -6572,13 +6586,13 @@ and map the rest to guest\&. Note the use of the \f(CW\'!\'\fP to tell Samba
 to stop processing if it gets a match on that line\&.
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	!sys = mary fred
 	guest = *
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -6694,14 +6708,14 @@ is a pointless thing to do as it\'s already there) you could do one of
 the following
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	valid chars = Z
 	valid chars = z:Z
 	valid chars = 0132:0172
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -6718,13 +6732,13 @@ See also the \fB"client code page"\fP parameter\&.
 .IP 
 \fBDefault:\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 	Samba defaults to using a reasonable set of valid characters
 	for English systems
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -6800,7 +6814,7 @@ sensitive"\fP\&.
 Example 1\&.
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
 
@@ -6810,14 +6824,14 @@ Example 1\&.
 
 	veto files = /*Security*/*\&.tmp/*root*/
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
 Example 2\&.
 .IP 
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
     Veto the Apple specific files that a NetAtalk server
@@ -6825,7 +6839,7 @@ Example 2\&.
 
     veto files = /\&.AppleDouble/\&.bin/\&.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
@@ -7045,14 +7059,14 @@ permitting), but only via spooling operations\&.
 .IP 
 \fBExamples:\fP
 
-.DS 
+.nf 
  
 
  	read only = no
  	writeable = yes
  	write ok = yes
 
-.DE 
+.fi 
  
 
 .IP 
diff --git a/docs/yodldocs/smb.conf.5.yo b/docs/yodldocs/smb.conf.5.yo
index 2a77d28164..a8574cc4d0 100644
--- a/docs/yodldocs/smb.conf.5.yo
+++ b/docs/yodldocs/smb.conf.5.yo
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ it() link(bf(encrypt passwords))(encryptpasswords)
 
 it() link(bf(getwd cache))(getwdcache)
 
+it() link(bf(hide local users))(hidelocalusers)
+
 it() link(bf(homedir map))(homedirmap)
 
 it() link(bf(hosts equiv))(hostsequiv)
@@ -2574,6 +2576,18 @@ The above example is based on files that the Macintosh SMB client
 (DAVE) available from url(bf(Thursby))(http://www.thursby.com) creates for
 internal use, and also still hides all files beginning with a dot.
 
+label(hidelocalusers)
+dit(bf(hide local users(G)))
+
+This parameter toggles the hiding of local UNIX users (root, wheel, floppy, etc)
+from remote clients.
+
+  bf(Default:)
+tt( hide local users = No)
+
+  bf(Example:)
+tt( hide local users = Yes)
+
 label(homedirmap)
 dit(bf(homedir map (G)))
author	David O'Neill <dmo@samba.org>	2001-01-10 16:59:49 +0000
committer	David O'Neill <dmo@samba.org>	2001-01-10 16:59:49 +0000
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