mdns name

This parameter controls the name that multicast DNS support advertises as its' hostname.
The default is to use the NETBIOS name which is typically the hostname in all capital letters.
A setting of mdns will defer the hostname configuration to the MDNS library that is used.

Supported on: At least Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 family

mdns name

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Samba\smb_conf\mdns name
Value Namemdns name
Value TypeREG_SZ
Default Valuenetbios

samba.admx

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