<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>