2 files changed, 36 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/parmlist.c b/lib/util/parmlist.c
index 4ab660197d..ffcd19a4ab 100644
--- a/lib/util/parmlist.c
+++ b/lib/util/parmlist.c
@@ -41,7 +41,24 @@ int parmlist_get_int(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, int default_v)
 	return default_v;
 }
 
-const char *parmlist_get_string(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, const char *default_v)
+bool parmlist_get_bool(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, bool default_v)
+{
+	struct parmlist_entry *p = parmlist_get(ctx, name);
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (p == NULL)
+		return default_v;
+
+	if (!set_boolean(p->value, &ret)) {
+		DEBUG(0,("lp_bool(%s): value is not boolean!\n", p->value));
+		return default_v;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+const char *parmlist_get_string(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, 
+								const char *default_v)
 {
 	struct parmlist_entry *p = parmlist_get(ctx, name);
 
@@ -51,7 +68,8 @@ const char *parmlist_get_string(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, const ch
 	return p->value;
 }
 
-const char **parmlist_get_string_list(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, const char *separator)
+const char **parmlist_get_string_list(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, 
+									  const char *separator)
 {
 	struct parmlist_entry *p = parmlist_get(ctx, name);
 
diff --git a/lib/util/parmlist.h b/lib/util/parmlist.h
index 0fa518d1c4..47d2f89d63 100644
--- a/lib/util/parmlist.h
+++ b/lib/util/parmlist.h
@@ -31,9 +31,23 @@ struct parmlist {
 	struct parmlist_entry *entries;
 };
 
+/** Retrieve an integer from a parameter list. If not found, return default_v. */
 int parmlist_get_int(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, int default_v);
-const char *parmlist_get_string(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, const char *default_v);
+
+/** Retrieve a string from a parameter list. If not found, return default_v. */
+const char *parmlist_get_string(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, 
+								const char *default_v);
+
+/** Retrieve the struct for an entry in a parmlist. */
 struct parmlist_entry *parmlist_get(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name);
-const char **parmlist_get_string_list(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, const char *separator);
+
+/** Retrieve a string list from a parameter list. 
+ * separator can contain characters to consider separators or can be 
+ * NULL for the default set. */
+const char **parmlist_get_string_list(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, 
+									  const char *separator);
+
+/** Retrieve boolean from a parameter list. If not set, return default_v. */
+bool parmlist_get_bool(struct parmlist *ctx, const char *name, bool default_v);
 
 #endif /* _PARMLIST_H */