"netbios name" parameter

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 15 May 2025 14:27:38 +0100
miguel medalha via samba-technical <samba-technical at lists.samba.org>
wrote:

> > With the obsolescence of NetBIOS, maybe it's time, for the sake of
> > clarity and precision, to introduce a synonym like "short host
> > name" to the
> "netbios
> > name" parameter, which would eventually be phased out in the future.
> 
> > As it is now, the "netbios name" parameter is the only way to refer
> > to the short form of the host name, which doesn't seem to be very
> > accurate nowadays...
> 
> > Lots of other Samba parameters have synonyms, so why not this one?
> 
> In the same manner, for the sake of consistency, maybe the "workgroup"
> parameter could have a "domain name" synonym.

But then it really should be 'NetBIOS domain name' or 'pre-windows 2000
domain name.

Rowland