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<samba:parameter name="username level"
                 context="G"
                 advanced="1" developer="1"
				 type="integer"
                 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
    <para>This option helps Samba to try and 'guess' at 
    the real UNIX username, as many DOS clients send an all-uppercase 
    username. By default Samba tries all lowercase, followed by the 
    username with the first letter capitalized, and fails if the 
    username is not found on the UNIX machine.</para>

    <para>If this parameter is set to non-zero the behavior changes. 
    This parameter is a number that specifies the number of uppercase
    combinations to try while trying to determine the UNIX user name. The
    higher the number the more combinations will be tried, but the slower
    the discovery of usernames will be. Use this parameter when you have
    strange usernames on your UNIX machine, such as <constant>AstrangeUser
    </constant>.</para>

    <para>This parameter is needed only on UNIX systems that have case
    sensitive usernames.</para>
</description>

<value type="default">0</value>
<value type="example">5</value>
</samba:parameter>