February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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Configuration Options
Options in the Samba configuration files fall into one of two categories: global options or share options. Each category dictates where an option can appear in the configuration file.
- Global options
Global options must appear in the
[global]section and nowhere else. These are options that typically apply to the behavior of the Samba server itself and not to any of its shares.- Share options
Share options can appear in share definitions, the
[global]section, or both. If they appear in the[global]section, they will define a default behavior for all shares unless a share overrides the option with a value of its own.
In addition, configuration options can take three kinds of values. They are as follows:
- Boolean
These are simply yes or no values, but can be represented by any of the following:
yes,no,true,false,1, or0. The values are case-insensitive:YESis the same asyes.- Numeric
This is a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number. The standard
0xnn syntax is used for hexadecimal and0nnn for octal.- String
This is a string of case-sensitive characters, such as a filename or a username.
Configuration File Options
You can instruct Samba to include or replace configuration options as it is processing them. The options to do this are summarized in Table 6-3.
Table 6-3. Configuration file options
|
Option |
Parameters |
Function |
Default |
Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
string (name of file) |
Sets the location of a configuration file to use instead of the current one |
None |
Global |
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