[root@mmmssn1 SRC]# service UWsmb configtest Unknown parameter encountered: "vfs_objects" Ignoring unknown parameter "vfs_objects" Unknown parameter encountered: "vfs_objects" Ignoring unknown parameter "vfs_objects" [root@mmmssn1 bin]# testparm -S Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba-4.0.7/etc/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Unknown parameter encountered: "vfs_objects" Ignoring unknown parameter "vfs_objects" Processing section "[project]" Unknown parameter encountered: "vfs_objects" Ignoring unknown parameter "vfs_objects" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_MEMBER Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = UWYO realm = windows.uwyo.edu netbios name = MMOSSN1 server string = Bighorn interfaces = lo, eth4 security = ADS log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 name resolve order = lmhosts, host, bcast socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384 load printers = No local master = No NIS homedir = Yes nfs4: acedup = merge nfs4: chown = yes nfs4: mode = special gpfs:dfreequota = yes gpfs:sharemodes = No fileid:mapping = fsname idmap config * : backend = tdb cups options = raw vfs objects = gpfs, fileid [homes] comment = HOME read only = No browseable = No nfs4: acedup = merge nfs4: mode = special [project] comment = PROJECT path = /project read only = No nfs4: acedup = merge nfs4: mode = special [root@mmmssn1 bin]#
I would suspect that you have an erroneous line in your smb.conf that says vfs_objects instead of vfs objects and this is what testparm complains about. So please check your configuration file.