[Samba] "netbios name" parameter

[miguel medalha]

>>> 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.

I suppose you are right. Thank you for your clarifications.