<samba:parameter name="username map cache time" context="G" advanced="1" developer="0" type="integer" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> Mapping usernames with the <smbconfoption name="username map"/> or <smbconfoption name="username map script"/> features of Samba can be relatively expensive. During login of a user, the mapping is done several times. In particular, calling the <smbconfoption name="username map script"/> can slow down logins if external databases have to be queried from the script being called. </para> <para> The parameter <smbconfoption name="username map cache time"/> controls a mapping cache. It specifies the number of seconds a mapping from the username map file or script is to be efficiently cached. The default of 0 means no caching is done. </para> </description> <value type="default">0</value> <value type="example">60</value> </samba:parameter>