samba-mirror/docs-xml/smbdotconf/ldap/ldapderef.xml

<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>