On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Santiago Diez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm wondering if there any patch or recent developement that would allow to > include a directory rather than a file in smb.conf > > Something like > > includedir = /etc/samba/shares.d/ > > instead of > > include = /etc/samba/shares.conf
That seems potentially destabilizing, and makes for considerably more complex parsing of a target directory. In particular, order sensitivity of included files is a pain in the ass and can be enormously destabilizing. And me, I'd be concerned that some idiot would point to an auto-mounted or NFS-mounted directory and lead to all *sorts* of timeout craziness. This kind of approach is, of course, used for other tools like Nagios and NRPE and httpd. But it can get very tricky to handle. If I had to have a configuration for Samba built up from dynamically arranged smaller components, I'd set up /etc/samba/Makefile, drop components in /etc/samba/*.conf, and use it to build and source control /etc/samba/smb.conf. Do you have some particular need for this? Or did it just seem like a good idea? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
