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TESTPARM
!!!TESTPARM
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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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!!NAME


testparm - check an smb.conf configuration file for internal correctness
!!SYNOPSIS


__testparm__ [[ __-s__ ] [[ __-h__ ] [[ __-L
__ ] __config filename__ [[
__hostname hostIP__ ]
!!DESCRIPTION


This tool is part of the Sambasuite.


__testparm__ is a very simple test program to check an
__smbd__ configuration file for internal correctness. If
this program reports no problems, you can use the
configuration file with confidence that __smbd__ will
successfully load the configuration file.


Note that this is __NOT__ a guarantee that the services
specified in the configuration file will be available or
will operate as expected.


If the optional host name and host IP address are specified
on the command line, this test program will run through the
service entries reporting whether the specified host has
access to each service.


If __testparm__ finds an error in the ''smb.conf''
file it returns an exit code of 1 to the calling program,
else it returns an exit code of 0. This allows shell scripts
to test the output from __testparm__.
!!OPTIONS


__-s__


Without this option, __testparm__ will prompt for a
carriage return after printing the service names and before
dumping the service definitions.


__-h__


Print usage message


__-L servername__


Sets the value of the %L macro to ''servername''. This is
useful for testing include files specified with the %L
macro.


__configfilename__


This is the name of the configuration file to check. If this
parameter is not present then the default ''smb.conf''
file will be checked.


__hostname__


If this parameter and the following are specified, then
__testparm__ will examine the ''hosts allow'' and
''hosts deny'' parameters in the ''smb.conf'' file to
determine if the hostname with this IP address would be
allowed access to the __smbd__ server. If this parameter
is supplied, the hostIP parameter must also be
supplied.


__hostIP__


This is the IP address of the host specified in the previous
parameter. This address must be supplied if the hostname
parameter is supplied.
!!FILES


''smb.conf''


This is usually the name of the configuration file used by
__smbd__.
!!DIAGNOSTICS


The program will issue a message saying whether the
configuration file loaded OK or not. This message may be
preceded by errors and warnings if the file did not load. If
the file was loaded OK, the program then dumps all known
service details to stdout.
!!VERSION


This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba
suite.
!!SEE ALSO


''smb.conf(5)'', __smbd(8)__
!!AUTHOR


The original Samba software and related utilities were
created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
Linux kernel is developed.


The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The
man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
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