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authorGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-22 10:09:40 -0500
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+<samba:parameter name="config file"
+ context="G"
+ type="string"
+ hide="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>This allows you to override the config file
+ to use, instead of the default (usually <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename>).
+ There is a chicken and egg problem here as this option is set
+ in the config file!</para>
+
+ <para>For this reason, if the name of the config file has changed
+ when the parameters are loaded then it will reload them from
+ the new config file.</para>
+
+ <para>This option takes the usual substitutions, which can
+ be very useful.</para>
+
+ <para>If the config file doesn't exist then it won't be loaded
+ (allowing you to special case the config files of just a few
+ clients).</para>
+</description>
+<value type="example">/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m</value>
+</samba:parameter>