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author | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-22 10:09:40 -0500 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:47:48 -0500 |
commit | 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d (patch) | |
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Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball.
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/oplocks.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/oplocks.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c6c26927c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/locking/oplocks.xml @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<samba:parameter name="oplocks" + context="S" + type="boolean" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para> + This boolean option tells <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> whether to + issue oplocks (opportunistic locks) to file open requests on this + share. The oplock code can dramatically (approx. 30% or more) improve + the speed of access to files on Samba servers. It allows the clients + to aggressively cache files locally and you may want to disable this + option for unreliable network environments (it is turned on by + default in Windows NT Servers). For more information see the file + <filename moreinfo="none">Speed.txt</filename> in the Samba + <filename moreinfo="none">docs/</filename> directory. + </para> + + <para> + Oplocks may be selectively turned off on certain files with a share. See + the <smbconfoption name="veto oplock files"/> parameter. On some systems + oplocks are recognized by the underlying operating system. This + allows data synchronization between all access to oplocked files, + whether it be via Samba or NFS or a local UNIX process. See the + <smbconfoption name="kernel oplocks"/> parameter for details. + </para> +</description> + +<related>kernel oplocks</related> +<related>level2 oplocks</related> +<value type="default">yes</value> +</samba:parameter> |