Книга: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition
Testing Samba with the testparm Command
Testing Samba with the testparm
Command
After you have created your /etc/smb.conf
file, you can check it for correctness. Do so with the testparm
command. This command parses through your /etc/smb.conf
file and checks for any syntax errors. If none are found, your configuration file will probably work correctly. It does not, however, guarantee that the services specified in the file will work. It is merely making sure that the file is correctly written.
As with all configuration files, if you are modifying an existing, working file, it is always prudent to copy the working file to a different location and modify that file. Then you can check the file with the testparm
utility. The command syntax is as follows:
# testparm /path/to/smb.conf.back-up
Load smb config files from smb.conf.back-up
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Loaded services file OK.
This output shows that the Samba configuration file is correct, and, as long as all the services are running correctly on your Fedora machine, Samba should be working correctly. Now copy your old smb.conf
file to a new location, put the new one in its place, and restart Samba with the command /etc/init.d/smb restart
. Your new or modified Samba configuration should now be in place.
- 4.4.4 The Dispatcher
- About the author
- Chapter 7. The state machine
- Appendix A. Detailed explanations of special commands
- Appendix E. Other resources and links
- Example NAT machine in theory
- Using Double Quotes to Resolve Variables in Strings with Embedded Spaces
- The final stage of our NAT machine
- Compiling the user-land applications
- The conntrack entries
- Untracked connections and the raw table
- Drawbacks with restore