[NTLUG:Discuss] Samba Server comments = performance hit

[Greg Edwards]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> In another thread, Chris Cox wrote:
> 
>><snip>  just remember that comments count against you big time in Samba performance).
>><snip>
>>  
> 
> Um.... that sounds rather odd.   While I realize that the SWAT utility 
> removes comments from an smb.conf file, I have not been able to find 
> anything on this subject to corroborated the above statement.
> 
> Can you point me to some enlightenment??
> 
> 

Samba.org

http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html#id288558

You can use testparm to keep a commented copy and a stripped running copy 
to get the best of both worlds.

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Greg Edwards
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