Multiple Samba Servers - Create a report on smb.conf

update:

I piped the output of the grep commands to awk '{printf("%s ",$0)}END{print}' and I am getting closer.

The problem now is the output has tabs in between. Example:
[testshare1]        path = /testshare1        read only = no        valid users = DOMAIN.COM\user2              

Any help would be appreciated.

Still getting closer but think I might be going the wrong way.

grep -i '\[*\]\|path\|valid\|read\|write' /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep -v 'global\|readonly\|home' | awk '{ $1=$1; print }' | awk '{printf("%s, ",$0)}END{print}'

This gives me a lot of the information I want, but not the formatting.

BTW: Systems are RedHat 5.x and up.

AWK and SED are both excellent tools for reformatting output -- but only if the input follows identifiable patterns (like the tab delineation.

Please provide the output in the tab-delineated format (that has ALL of the data you want), and then post the same data (say, 5 lines of each) in the format that you would like...

I'll try to then help you with a script to take the input (file or stream) and reformat the results.

Dan

Dan,

I'm working on the reply and hope to post up today.

Thanks
Matt

Dan,

I have been trying to get a clean list out of the smb.conf file with mixed results.

$ grep -i '\[*\]\|path\|valid\|read\|write' /root/smb.conf | grep -v 'global\|readonly\|home\|;' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'

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Gives us nice output in a list. The commands I was trying earlier worked fine until I ran them against more complicated files.

Here is the list:
[account]
path = /opt/account
valid users = "domain+user1"
read only = "domain+user2"
write list = "domain+user1"
[account_uploads]
path = /opt/account/send
valid users = @"domain+dbagroup", "domain+user1"
write list = @"domain+dbagroup"
[account_downloads]
path = /opt/account/incoming
valid users = "domain+user1", @"domain+dbagroup", "domain+user3"
write list = "domain+user1"
[ftpbackup]
valid users = "domain+linuxadm", "domain+user1"
writeable = no
[cold]
path = /var/cold
read only = no
valid users = "domain+user3", "domain+svc_docmgmt", "domain+linuxadm", "domain+user1" "domain+user2"
write list = "domain+linuxadm", "domain+svc_docmgmt", "domain+user3"

This is how I would like the final output to look. commas will help import into spreadsheet or table.

account(/opt/account, users(domain+user1),ro(domain+user2), rw(domain+user1)),
account_uploads(/opt/account/send, users(domain+dbagroup, domain+user1), rw(domain+dbagroup)),
account_downloads(/opt/account/incoming, users(domain+user1, domain+dbagroup, domain+user3), rw(domain+user1)),
ftpbackup(users(domain+linuxadm, domain+user1),
cold(/var/cold, users(domain+user3, domain+svc_docmgmt, domain+linuxadm, domain+user1, domain+user2), rw(domain+linuxadm, domain+svc_docmgmt, domain+user3))

Please let me know what you think.

thanks
Matt

I cleaned up the search and with the following line I can output s stream of text that uses a colon to separate the fields.

grep -i '\[*\]\|path\|valid\|read\|write' smb.conf | grep -v 'global\|readonly\|home\|"\|;' | sed s/\"//g | awk '{ $1=$1; print }' | awk '{printf("%s, ",$0)}END{print}'

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[account], path = /opt/account, valid users = domain+user1, write list = domain+user1, [account_uploads], path = /opt/account/send, valid users = @domain+dbagroup, domain+user1, write list = @domain+dbagroup, [account_downloads], path = /opt/account/incoming, valid users = domain+user1, @domain+dbagroup, domain+user2, write list = domain+user1, [ftpbackup], valid users = domain+linuxsmb, domain+user1, writeable = no, [cold],path = /var/cold, read only = no, valid users = domain+user3, domain+svc_docmgmt, domain+linuxsmb, domain+user1, write list = domain+linuxsmb, domain+svc_docmgmt, domain+user3, write list = domain+linuxsmb, domain+svc_docmgmt, domain+user3

grep -i '\[*\]\|path\|valid\|read\|write' smb.conf | grep -v 'global\|writeable\|readonly\|read only\|homes\|;' | sed s/\"//g | sed 's/\[/Share=/g' | sed 's/\]//g' | sed 's/path = /path=/' | sed 's/valid users = /ro=/' | sed 's/write list = /rw=/' | sed 's/thig-domain+//gI' | awk '{ $1=$1; print }' | awk '{printf("%s, ",$0)}END{print}'

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I said earlier that I used a colon to separate data but it is a comma.

The updated line above does some cleanup and makes changes so I'm getting close.

This is the output:
Share=account, path=/opt/account, ro=user1, rw=user1, Share=account_uploads, path=/opt/account/send, ro=@dbagroup, user1, rw=@dbagroup, Share=account_downloads, path=/opt/account/incoming, ro=user1, @dbagroup, user2, rw=user1, Share=ftpbackup, path=/home/ftpbackup, ro=linuxsmb, user1, Share=cold, path=/var/cold, ro=planet, svc_docmgmt, linuxsmb, user1, user3, rw=linuxsmb, svc_docmgmt, planet, rw=linuxsmb, svc_docmgmt, planet

This is what I am shooting for:
Share=account(/opt/account ,ro(user1), rw(user1))
Share=account_uploads(/opt/account/send, ro(dbagroup, user1), rw(dbagroup))
Share=account_downloads(/opt/account/incoming, ro(user1, dbagroup, user2), rw(user1))
Share=ftpbackup(/home/ftpbackup, ro(linuxadm, user1)
Share=cold(/var/cold, ro(ro=planet, svc_docmgmt, linuxsmb, user1, user3), rw=(linuxsmb, svc_docmgmt, planet, rw=linuxsmb, svc_docmgmt, planet))

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I gave myself an A as I had to solve the issue myself.