1.2. Verifying the smb.conf file by using the testparm utility

Procedure

1. Run the testparm utility as the root user:

   # testparm
   Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
   rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
   Unknown parameter encountered: "log level"
   Processing section "[example_share]"
   Loaded services file OK.
   ERROR: The idmap range for the domain * (tdb) overlaps with the range of DOMAIN (ad)!
   
   Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_MEMBER
   
   Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
   
   # Global parameters
   [global]
   	...
   
   [example_share]
   	...

   The previous example output reports a non-existent parameter and an incorrect ID mapping configuration.

2. If testparm reports incorrect parameters, values, or other errors in the configuration, fix the problem and run the utility again.