[Samba] testparm and includes

[André Welter]

John H Terpstra schrieb:
> On Thursday 19 June 2008 10:21:22 André Welter wrote:
>   
>> André Welter schrieb:
>>     
>>> Hi list!
>>>
>>> I've read some remarks here and in other places that it would be good
>>> practice to not edit the smb.conf file directly but rather keep a
>>> smb.conf.master file, edit that and then do a testparm -s > smb.conf.
>>>
>>> Here comes my problem:
>>>
>>> My smb.conf file uses some include statements. When using testparm those
>>> include lines are still in the output directly followed by the content
>>> of the included file. This would lead to a kind of double inclusion if I
>>> used the output of testparm as my new smb.conf.
>>> Is this intentional?
>>>       
>
> Yes, this behavior is intentional.  The testparm utility is designed to 
> produce the total picture presented by a fully parsed smb.conf file.
>
> - John T.
>
>   
Thanks for your reply and sorry for insisting.
But what use does it have if the include statements are shown in the
fully parsed smb.conf right next to the content of the included files?
Wouldn't it be cleaner to just replace the include statements with the
content that is included?

Thanks again for your time.
>>> Thx,
>>>
>>> André
>>>       
>> Sorry, I forgot to mention, this only happens with the second level of
>> includes. Here is an example:
>>
>> smb.conf:
>> [global]
>>         server string = myserver
>>         encrypt passwords = yes
>>         obey pam restrictions = no
>>         workgroup = myworkgroup
>>         enable privileges = yes
>>         security = user
>>         passdb backend = smbpasswd
>>         include=includes.smb
>>
>> [print$]
>>         path = /etc/samba/printer/
>>         browsable = yes
>>         guest ok = yes
>>         read only = yes
>>
>>
>> includes.smb:
>> include=smbopts.share1
>> include=smbopts.share2
>>
>>
>> smbopts.share1:
>> [share1]
>> path = /data/share1
>> guest ok = yes
>>
>>
>> smbopts.share2:
>> [share2]
>> path = /data/share2
>> guest ok = yes
>>
>>
>> and what testparm makes of it:
>> Load smb config files from smb.conf
>> Processing section "[share1]"
>> Processing section "[share2]"
>> Processing section "[print$]"
>> Loaded services file OK.
>> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
>> [global]
>>         workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
>>         server string = myserver
>>         include = smbopts.share1
>>
>> [share1]
>>         path = /data/share1
>>         guest ok = Yes
>>         include = smbopts.share2
>>
>> [share2]
>>         path = /data/share2
>>
>> [print$]
>>         path = /etc/samba/printer/
>>         guest ok = Yes
>>     
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