Parameter (smb:) | Description |
local master | Whether the server is providing workgroup master browser |
| service. Can be set to: |
| yes no |
| Corresponds to the Workgroup Master Browser checkbox in |
| the Advanced pane of Window service settings in the Server |
| Admin GUI application. |
|
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log level | The amount of detail written to the service logs. Can be set to: |
| 0 (Low: errors and warnings only) |
| 1 (Medium: service start and stop, authentication failures, |
| browser name registrations, and errors and warnings) |
| 2 (High: service start and stop, authentication failures, |
| browser name registration events, log file access, and errors |
| and warnings) |
| Corresponds to the Log Detail |
| pane of Window service settings in the Server Admin GUI |
| application |
|
|
map to guest | Whether guest access is allowed. Can be set to: |
| "Never" (No guest access) |
| "Bad User" (Allow guest access) |
| Corresponds to the “Allow Guest access” checkbox in the |
| Access pane of Window service settings in the Server Admin |
| GUI application |
|
|
max smbd processes | The maximum allowed number of smb server processes. Each |
| connection uses its own smbd process, so this is the same as |
| specifying the maximum number of SMB connections. |
| 0 means unlimited. |
| This corresponds to the “maximum” client connections field in |
| the Access pane of the Windows service settings in the Server |
| Admin GUI application. |
|
|
netbios name | The server’s NetBIOS name. Can be set to a maximum of 15 |
| bytes of |
| Corresponds to the Computer Name field in the General pane |
| of the Windows service settings in the Server Admin GUI |
| application. |
|
|
server string | Text that helps identify the server in the network browsers of |
| client computers. Can be set to a maximum of 15 bytes of |
|
|
| Corresponds to the Description field in the General pane of the |
| Windows service settings in the Server Admin GUI application. |
|
|
wins support | Whether the server provides WINS support. Can be set to: |
| yes no |
| Corresponds to the WINS Registration “Off” and “Enable WINS |
| server” selections in the Advanced pane of the Windows |
| service settings in the Server Admin GUI application. |
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