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+====== Samba - Verify Samba configuration settings ======
+Because Samba uses an extremely large amount of parameters in smb.conf, developers have provided a command line tool for verifying the syntax of a configuration file.  The utility, named testparm.
+It is being mentioned here again so that we do not overlook simple smb.conf errors when hunting for the source of a problem.
+<code bash>
+testparm
+</code>
+**NOTE**:  Can be instructed to parse a specific configuration file by using the **-s** option.
+It is a good idea to run the check on a new configuration file before putting it into production.
+<code bash>
+testparm -s /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.new
+</code>
+Result:
+<code>
+Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.new
+Processing section “[public]”
+Loaded services file OK.
+# Global parameters
+[global]
+coding system =
+client code page = 850
+code page directory = /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages
+<...remaining output deleted...>
+</code>
+After reviewing the specified configuration file, testparm continues to print a version of smb.conf that contains all parameter values, including default ones. This can help to verify that smbd and nmbd are using the values that you expect.