February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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Glossary of Configuration Value Types
- boolean
One of two values, either YES or NO.
- character
A single ASCII character.
- command
A Unix script or compiled program, with an absolute path specified for the executable and parameters.
- directory
An absolute path specification to a directory. For example:
/usr/local/samba/lib
- filename
An absolute path specification to a file. For example:
/etc/printcap
- host list
A list of hosts. Allows IP addresses, address masks, domain names, ALL, and EXCEPT.
- interface list
A list of interfaces, in either address/netmask or address/n-bits format. For example:
192.168.2.10/255.255.255.0, 192.168.2.10/24
- map list
A list of filename remapping strings such as
(*.html*.htm).- name
A single name of a type of object, as specified in the option’s description.
- number
A positive integer.
- numeric range
Two numbers separated by a dash, specifying a minimum and a maximum value. For example:
100-250
- remote list
A list of subnet-broadcast-address/workgroup pairs. For example:
192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF
- service (share) list
A list of service (share) names, without the enclosing parentheses.
- slash-separated list
A list of filenames, separated by “/” characters to allow embedded spaces. For example:
/.*/My Documents/*.doc/
- string
One line of arbitrary text.
- user list
A list of usernames and/or group names.
@group_nameincludes whomever is in the NIS netgroupgroup_name, if one exists, or otherwise whomever is in the Unix groupgroup_name. In addition,+group_nameis a Unix group,&group_name ...
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