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+<samba:parameter name="ldap deref" context="G" type="enum"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+
+<description>
+
+ <para>This option controls whether Samba should tell the LDAP library
+ to use a certain alias dereferencing method. The default is
+ <emphasis>auto</emphasis>, which means that the default setting of the
+ ldap client library will be kept. Other possible values are
+ <emphasis>never</emphasis>, </emphasis>finding</emphasis>,
+ </emphasis>searching</emphasis> and <emphasis>always</emphasis>. Grab
+ your LDAP manual for more information.
+ </para>
+
+</description>
+
+<value type="default">auto</value>
+<value type="example">searching</value>
+
+</samba:parameter>