samba - Sep 2010 - using include directives for shares?

From the smb.conf manpage, it says that an 'include <file>' will
include that file into smb.conf as if it were typed in place.  Yet, I have a
setup where:

 

/etc/samba/smb.conf contains:

 

[global]

               <various global parameters>

 

include /etc/samba/smb.conf.local

 

 

 

and then /etc/samba/smb.conf.local contains my share definitions.  I'm doing
it this way because I'm using puppet to manage the global parameters on my
various file servers, but each individual file server may have a different local
configuration that operations guys without access to the puppetmaster might need
to change.  It seems to me that this should be supported as I'm doing it,
but it appears not - the shares defined in smb.conf.local aren't getting
served.  What am I doing wrong, or am I running up against a known limitation?

 

Using CentOS 5, latest updates installed, samba RPM version
samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_5.1

 

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Scott Stone <scott_stone at trendmicro.com>

Lead Developer, DCS-RD

Trend Micro, Inc. http://www.trendmicro.com

 


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scott_stone at trendmicro.com writes:
> From the smb.conf manpage, it says that an 'include <file>'
will include
> that file into smb.conf as if it were typed in place.
Yes, that should work.

Some things you want to look at:
- Is the include file world readable?
- Does the output of 'testparm -sv' give any clues?

Regards,

roel

> 
>  
> 
> /etc/samba/smb.conf contains:
> 
>  
> 
> [global]
> 
>                <various global parameters>
> 
>  
> 
> include /etc/samba/smb.conf.local
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> and then /etc/samba/smb.conf.local contains my share definitions.  I'm
> doing it this way because I'm using puppet to manage the global
parameters
> on my various file servers, but each individual file server may have a
> different local configuration that operations guys without access to the
> puppetmaster might need to change.  It seems to me that this should be
> supported as I'm doing it, but it appears not - the shares defined in
> smb.conf.local aren't getting served.  What am I doing wrong, or am I
> running up against a known limitation?
> 
>  
> 
> Using CentOS 5, latest updates installed, samba RPM version
samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_5.1
> 
>  
> 
> ===================> 
> Scott Stone <scott_stone at trendmicro.com>
> 
> Lead Developer, DCS-RD
> 
> Trend Micro, Inc. http://www.trendmicro.com
> 
>  
> 
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