Table 4.3 summarizes the server configuration options introduced previously. Note that all three of these options are global in scope; in other words, they must appear in the [global] section of the configuration file.
[global]
Option
Parameters
Function
Default
Scope
netbios name
string
Sets the primary NetBIOS name of the Samba server.
Server DNS hostname
Global
server string
Sets a descriptive string for the Samba server.
Samba %v
workgroup
Sets the NetBIOS group of machines that the server belongs to.
Defined at compile time
