<samba:parameter name="netbios name"
                 context="G"
                 type="ustring"
                 constant="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>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15 characters.</para>

		<para>
		There is a bug in Samba 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
		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>
