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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3e00bf16b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<samba:parameter name="netbios name" + context="G" + basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para> + This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba server is known. By default it is the same as the first component + of the host's DNS name. If a machine is a browse server or logon server this name (or the first component of + the hosts DNS name) will be the name that these services are advertised under. + </para> + + <para> + There is a bug in Samba-3 that breaks operation of browsing and access to shares if the netbios name + is set to the literal name <literal>PIPE</literal>. To avoid this problem, do not name your Samba-3 + server <literal>PIPE</literal>. + </para> +</description> + +<related>netbios aliases</related> +<value type="default"><comment>machine DNS name</comment></value> +<value type="example">MYNAME</value> +</samba:parameter> |