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Old 10-05-2006, 03:49 PM   #1
henrnorl
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Samba - which smb.conf file?


I want to edit the Samba configuration file. I've searced and found smb.conf 5 places on the computer. How can I know which one is used by Samba?

./etc/samba/smb.conf
./usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/dce-dfs/smb.conf
./usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/pdb/mysql/smb.conf
./usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/tridge/smb.conf
./usr/share/samba/smb.conf
 
Old 10-05-2006, 04:23 PM   #2
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seeing as three of them are in directories called "examples" i though tthey'd have been self explanatory, not sure what the last one is going to be, may well be a symlink to thet /etc one. either way it's the /etc/ one you need to modify.
 
Old 10-05-2006, 04:25 PM   #3
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I know it's not the middle three. I didn't even realize the last one was there. But when I edit /etc/samba/smb.conf, it works for me (on Debian).
 
Old 10-06-2006, 07:14 AM   #4
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It's always been the first one on multiple distros i've tried.

Don't forget to restart the service once you have made changes, there is also some sort of testing program to make sure its ok i think
 
Old 10-06-2006, 07:19 AM   #5
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It's always been the first one on multiple distros i've tried.

Don't forget to restart the service once you have made changes, there is also some sort of testing program to make sure its ok i think
Even same on OpenBSD.
The testprogram to check the syntax of the edited smb.conf I believe is "testparm".
Just write "testparm" and see if there are any warnings.
 
  


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