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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-06-16 18:31:20 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-06-16 18:31:20 +0000
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Patch from metze to update VFS docs to include notes on multiple instances
of the same VFS module (This used to be commit 32ef93d31c9e5bad290c9ac35ca59d8e5215811d)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/VFS.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/VFS.xml
index 2ae1cfc9e0..531d46df59 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/VFS.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/VFS.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
<chapterinfo>
&author.jelmer;
&author.jht;
- <author><firstname>Alexander</firstname><surname>Bokovoy</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Tim</firstname><surname>Potter</surname></author>
- <author><firstname>Simo</firstname><surname>Sorce</surname></author>
+ <author><firstname>Simo</firstname><surname>Sorce</surname><contrib>original vfs_skel README</contrib></author>
+ <author><firstname>Alexander</firstname><surname>Bokovoy</surname><contrib>original vfs_netatalk docs</contrib></author>
+ <author><firstname>Stefan</firstname><surname>Metzmacher</surname><contrib>Update for multiple modules</contrib></author>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Stackable VFS modules</title>
@@ -32,27 +33,46 @@ on different systems. They currently have been tested against GNU/Linux and IRI
<para>
To use the VFS modules, create a share similar to the one below. The
-important parameter is the <parameter>vfs object</parameter> parameter which must point to
-the exact pathname of the shared library objects. For example, to log all access
-to files and use a recycle bin:
+important parameter is the <command>vfs objects</command> parameter where
+you can list one or more VFS modules by name. For example, to log all access
+to files and put deleted files in a recycle bin:
<programlisting>
[audit]
- comment = Audited /data directory
- path = /data
- vfs object = /path/to/audit.so /path/to/recycle.so
- writeable = yes
- browseable = yes
+ comment = Audited /data directory
+ path = /data
+ vfs objects = audit recycle
+ writeable = yes
+ browseable = yes
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
-The modules are used in the order they are specified.
+The modules are used in the order in which they are specified.
</para>
<para>
-Further documentation on writing VFS modules for Samba can be found in
-the Samba Developers Guide.
+Samba will attempt to load modules from the <emphasis>lib</emphasis>
+directory in the root directory of the samba installation (usually
+<filename>/usr/lib/samba</filename> or <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib
+</filename>).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Some modules can be used twice for the same share.
+This can be done using a configuration similar to the one below.
+
+<programlisting>
+[test]
+ comment = VFS TEST
+ path = /data
+ writeable = yes
+ browseable = yes
+ vfs objects = example:example1 example example:test
+ example1: parameter = 1
+ example: parameter = 5
+ test: parameter = 7
+</programlisting>
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -82,7 +102,7 @@ the Samba Developers Guide.
<para>
This module is identical with the <emphasis>audit</emphasis> module above except
that it sends audit logs to both syslog as well as the smbd log file/s. The
- loglevel for this module is set in the smb.conf file.
+ loglevel for this module is set in the smb.conf file.
</para>
<para>
@@ -126,46 +146,46 @@ the Samba Developers Guide.
will be intercepted and files moved to the recycle
directory instead of being deleted.
</para>
-
+
<para>Supported options:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:repository</term>
+ <term>recycle:repository</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:keeptree</term>
+ <term>recycle:keeptree</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:versions</term>
+ <term>recycle:versions</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:touch</term>
+ <term>recycle:touch</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:maxsize</term>
+ <term>recycle:maxsize</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:exclude</term>
+ <term>recycle:exclude</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:exclude_dir</term>
+ <term>recycle:exclude_dir</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>vfs_recycle_bin:noversions</term>
+ <term>recycle:noversions</term>
<listitem><para>FIXME</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>