Hi,

I'm testing the following scenarios about smb.conf for enable centralized global settings and customize-able local settings.

# First scenario, succeed override
# [global] -> [local] -> [global] in same file
[global]
    usershare owner only = false
[test]
... anything here.
[global]
    # test override
    usershare owner only = true
    
# Second scenario, succeed override
[global]
  usershare owner only = false
  include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.2

# ... contents in smb.conf.2 ...
usershare owner only = true

# Third scenario
# [global] -> [test] -> [local] 'include' -> [global] -> [test]

[global]
    usershare owner only = false
[test]
    comment = anything
    path = /home/CORPUSERS/28851465/Downloads/
    browsable = no
[local]
   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.local

# ... contents in smb.conf.local
[global]
   usershare owner only = true
[test]
   browsable = yes

for the third scenario, overriding failed on [global] section, but succeed for [test] section.

Thank you for looking into this.


P.S. the background reason for scenario 3 is we want to simply manage smb.conf globally, while enable localization in smb.conf.local with certain levels:
1. user won't override [global] if he doesn't open a new [global] section in smb.conf.local.  (avoid unconscious changes)
2. sysadmin with enough knowledge still can override [global] by opening a [global] section in local file.

Best Regards,
Tim