Samba config question

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

I just sent the following question to the CentOS mail list, hoping against hope someone will spot something that explains why I have been having such difficulty getting Samba to work. I would like to talk about this in Saturday's meeting.

After setting up /etc/samba/smb.conf and running "testparm" in CentOS 7.9.2011, I have noticed that the list of parameters echoed back for the [global] section do not match those in the smb.conf file. Is this normal?

[global] in /etc/samba/smb.conf:

unix charset = UTF-8

dos charset = CP932

vfs objs = acl_xattr

map acl inherit = yes

store dos attributes = yes

printing = cups

printcap = cups

load printers = yes

# Network related options

workgroup = WORKGROUP

server string = Samba Server Version %v

netbios name = SERVER01

interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.1.0/24

hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.

# Logging options

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

max log size = 50

# Standalone Server Options

security = user

passdb backend = tdbsam

map to guest = Bad User

# Name Resolution

wins support = yes

dns proxy = yes

# Printing options

load printers = yes

cups options = raw

# Filesystem options

map archive = no

map hidden = no

map read only = no

map system = no

store dos attributes = yes

When I subsequently run "testparm", I get a shorter and in some cases different list:

[global] in "testparm" output:

dos charset = CP932

interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.1.0/24

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

map to guest = Bad User

max log size = 50

printcap name = cups

security = USER

server string = Samba Server Version %v

wins support = Yes

idmap config * : backend = tdb

cups options = raw

hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1

map acl inherit = Yes

map archive = No

vfs objects = acl_xattr

Is this normal behavior for Samba? I am particularly concerned about workgroup = WORKGROUP missing in the "testparm" output.

--Doc