Testing changes to the smb.conf file

When you make changes to the smb.conf file, you should run the Samba utility testparm to make sure there are no errors in your smb.conf file before putting it into production use. When you run the testparm utility, you should see output similar to the following:

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[samba-test]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_MEMBER
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
	workgroup = ARCADE
	realm = ARCADE.NET
		security = ADS
	auth methods = guest, sam, winbind, ntdomain
	passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb
	syslog = 0
	enable core files = No
	server signing = auto
	machine password timeout = 0
	adbindproxy backend = cdc:/usr/share/centrifydc/lib/libcapi.so
	adbindproxy standard mappers = No
	template shell = /bin/bash
	winbind use default domain = Yes

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	browseable = No

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /usr/spool/samba
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No

[samba-test]
	path = /samba-test
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes