1 <samba:parameter name="netbios name"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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.
13 <para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 charactars.</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>.
22 <related>netbios aliases</related>
23 <value type="default"><comment>machine DNS name</comment></value>
24 <value type="example">MYNAME</value>