mangle prefix

controls the number of prefix characters from the original name used when generating the mangled names. A larger value will give a weaker hash and therefore more name collisions. The minimum value is 1 and the maximum value is 6.
mangle prefix is effective only when mangling method is hash2.

Example: 4

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Samba\smb_conf\mangle prefix
Value Name	mangle prefix
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Default Value	1
Min Value
Max Value