source: vendor/current/docs-xml/smbdotconf/base/netbiosname.xml

Last change on this file was 988, checked in by Silvan Scherrer, 9 years ago

Samba Server: update vendor to version 4.4.3

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1<samba:parameter name="netbios name"
2 context="G"
3 type="ustring"
4 constant="1"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6<description>
7 <para>
8 This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba server is known. By default it is the same as the first component
9 of the host's DNS name. If a machine is a browse server or logon server this name (or the first component of
10 the hosts DNS name) will be the name that these services are advertised under.
11 </para>
12
13 <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 charactars.</para>
14
15 <para>
16 There is a bug in Samba that breaks operation of browsing and access to shares if the netbios name
17 is set to the literal name <literal>PIPE</literal>. To avoid this problem, do not name your Samba
18 server <literal>PIPE</literal>.
19 </para>
20</description>
21
22<related>netbios aliases</related>
23<value type="default"><comment>machine DNS name</comment></value>
24<value type="example">MYNAME</value>
25</samba:parameter>
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