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+<samba:parameter name="max open files"
+ type="integer"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<description>
+ <para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
+ open files that one <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> 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.</para>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
+</description>
+
+<value type="default">10000</value>
+</samba:parameter>