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2.\" Title: testparm
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5.\" Date: 03/06/2011
6.\" Manual: User Commands
7.\" Source: Samba 3.5
8.\" Language: English
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10.TH "TESTPARM" "1" "03/06/2011" "Samba 3\&.5" "User Commands"
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21.SH "NAME"
22testparm \- check an smb\&.conf configuration file for internal correctness
23.SH "SYNOPSIS"
24.HP \w'\ 'u
25testparm [\-s] [\-h] [\-v] [\-L\ <servername>] [\-t\ <encoding>] {config\ filename} [hostname\ hostIP]
26.SH "DESCRIPTION"
27.PP
28This tool is part of the
29\fBsamba\fR(7)
30suite\&.
31.PP
32testparm
33is a very simple test program to check an
34\fBsmbd\fR(8)
35configuration file for internal correctness\&. If this program reports no problems, you can use the configuration file with confidence that
36smbd
37will successfully load the configuration file\&.
38.PP
39Note that this is
40\fINOT\fR
41a guarantee that the services specified in the configuration file will be available or will operate as expected\&.
42.PP
43If 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\&.