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<samba:parameter name="netbios name"
                 context="G"
                 basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1"
                 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
<listitem>
        <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>See also <link linkend="NETBIOSALIASES"><parameter moreinfo="none">netbios 
	aliases</parameter></link>.</para>

	<para>Default: <emphasis>machine DNS name</emphasis></para>

	<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">netbios name = MYNAME</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>