How to modify smb4.conf and make it stick

[silus]

Hello all,

I have been looking over and over for the answer to the following question and all I have found is people trying to skirt the issue by saying that if you can't change the parameter in the GUI then you should not be changing it.

I completely disagree with this point of view. I have used samba for well over 12 years and using the config to make changes is the way I prefer to go about most things. Just because the bulk of people might prefer the GUI does not mean that someone does not want to try something new out and play with parameters not available in the GUI.

I am trying to run some experiments in my test lab and every time I bounce the daemon, the config file is overwritten! I need to know how to make the changes to /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf and /etc/local/smb4.conf persist after the service is restarted.

Is there some database the active config is stored in? If so, how to I edit this file to take the changes I make and not be overwritten.

Thank you all for your time and assistance!

-Silus

 

[silus]

P.S. I am on version 9.3 current fresh install.

 

[anodos]

Hello all,

I have been looking over and over for the answer to the following question and all I have found is people trying to skirt the issue by saying that if you can't change the parameter in the GUI then you should not be changing it.

I completely disagree with this point of view. I have used samba for well over 12 years and using the config to make changes is the way I prefer to go about most things. Just because the bulk of people might prefer the GUI does not mean that someone does not want to try something new out and play with parameters not available in the GUI.

I am trying to run some experiments in my test lab and every time I bounce the daemon, the config file is overwritten! I need to know how to make the changes to /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf and /etc/local/smb4.conf persist after the service is restarted.

Is there some database the active config is stored in? If so, how to I edit this file to take the changes I make and not be overwritten.

Thank you all for your time and assistance!

-Silus

You make changes from the GUI. If you need to add a parameter that isn't covered in the GUI, put it in "auxiliary parameters". If it's a global parameter, put it in "services" -> "CIFS". It it's a share parameter, place it in your share config.

 

[silus]

Thank you anodos! I was able to add my settings to the "auxiliary parameters" as you mentioned and performance has improved dramatically. I am now getting 65-70 MB/s. Still about 40-50 MB/s off of what I would expect for cifs performance with these parameters. This might just be the NIC though, I will have to put an intel NIC in and re-test.

Thanks again!
-Silus

 

[SweetAndLow]

Thank you anodos! I was able to add my settings to the "auxiliary parameters" as you mentioned and performance has improved dramatically. I am now getting 65-70 MB/s. Still about 40-50 MB/s off of what I would expect for cifs performance with these parameters. This might just be the NIC though, I will have to put an intel NIC in and re-test.

Thanks again!
-Silus

Hmm something is wrong then, most people get 100MB/s without even trying.