samba - Oct 2010 - Values set in Include files and SMB.CONF

Hi,

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.

Andy Liebman

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