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+<samba:parameter name="guest account"
+ context="G"
+ type="string"
+ basic="1" advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>This is a username which will be used for access
+ to services which are specified as <smbconfoption name="guest ok"/> (see below). Whatever privileges this
+ user has will be available to any client connecting to the guest service.
+ This user must exist in the password file, but does not require
+ a valid login. The user account &quot;ftp&quot; is often a good choice
+ for this parameter.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>On some systems the default guest account &quot;nobody&quot; may not
+ be able to print. Use another account in this case. You should test
+ this by trying to log in as your guest user (perhaps by using the
+ <command moreinfo="none">su -</command> command) and trying to print using the
+ system print command such as <command moreinfo="none">lpr(1)</command> or <command moreinfo="none">
+ lp(1)</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>This parameter does not accept % macros, because
+ many parts of the system require this value to be
+ constant for correct operation.</para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">nobody<comment>default can be changed at compile-time</comment></value>
+<value type="example">ftp</value>
+</samba:parameter>