On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 07:59:57AM -0400, Andy Liebman wrote: > I use "include" files to define samba shares for individual users, > so that each user has his/her own smb.username.conf file. Makes > maintenance straightforward when you have hundreds of users. :) > > Now I want to use "include" files for another purpose. My many > servers all have a standard smb.conf file, but I want to be able to > customize the global settings on some servers by creating a file > called "smb.custom.conf" and referring to this file in the global > section of my main smb.conf. The smb.custom.conf file will either > be empty, or have custom values listed for some parameters. My > question is, if I have one set of values in the global setting of my > smb.conf file (for example, "use sendfile = yes" or "max xmit = > 32768"), and then I put different values for those same parameters > in an "include" file, will the values from the "include" file be the > ones that get applied? > > When I run "testparm", indeed I see the values from the include file > and NOT from smb.conf. I just want to make sure there isn't some > hidden trap in what I am doing. Good advice welcome.
We interpret the smb.conf files as they come in. Later values from wherever overwrite earlier ones. Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
