Using Samba's registry-based configuration

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By default, Samba's configuration is controlled by /etc/samba/smb.conf. There is one other method of storing configuration options in a local tdb database "registry" file that can extend the flexibility of configuring samba.

One of the major benefits is efficiency with child smbd processes. Since Samba creates a child smbd process that reads the entire smb.conf whenever a user connects ...

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