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Samba for MPE/iX Services

Samba for MPE/iX Conﬁguration File Options

The Samba for MPE/iX conﬁguration ﬁle contains the runtime

conﬁguration information for Samba for MPE/iX. This ﬁle contains the

sections and parameters. There are four special sections: the

[global]

section, the [printers] section, [homes] section and other sections. This

ﬁle also contains the information required for each share (service) and

deﬁnes attributes like associated directory path, read or write access

for each share.

The Samba for MPE/iX conﬁguration ﬁle is named “smb.conf” which

resides in the /usr/local/samba/lib directory on HP e3000 system.

This chapter documents the possible conﬁguration options that the

users can specify in the “smb.conf” ﬁle. There are many conﬁguration

options available, but only the conﬁguration options and uses deﬁned in

this manual are supported by HP.

[Global] Section

This section is for parameters which apply to the server

as a whole rather than to a speciﬁc service. It can also

be used to specify default values for service-speciﬁc

parameters which are then inherited by other services,

referred to later in the conﬁguration ﬁle.

[Printers] Section

This section works in conjunction with the printcap ﬁle

and allows it to conﬁgure a large number of printer

shares without having to add separate detailed sections

for each of them. The printer names and optional

aliases are listed in the printcap ﬁle; and the

conﬁguration parameters are deﬁned in this section.

[Homes] Section

This section provides access to the user’s home

directories without having to add a separate section for

each of them. The share name is considered to be a

valid user id and the path defaults to that user’s home

directory.

Other Sections

These sections explicitly deﬁne the ﬁle and printer

shares.