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| author | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000 |
| commit | 5cd3d3f14ef56ff5f1d92aba0174649f3d368f66 (patch) | |
| tree | 7982c107cb4ecf2b739dd0d21b591aca20e9b19a /docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml | |
| parent | 7c6a4de6f97287e43405b66baa81aa328315de7c (diff) | |
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Add new framework for smb.conf(5). Please read README before trying to compile.
I will commit more meta-information updates during week-end.
(This used to be commit 8d684dffab6a90b3d612a1aa2b2c457a2bc2e6ac)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..16887726c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/fakeoplocks.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="FAKEOPLOCKS"/>fake oplocks (S)</term> + <listitem><para>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission + from a server to locally cache file operations. If a server grants + an oplock (opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume + that it is the only one accessing the file and it will aggressively + cache file data. With some oplock types the client may even cache + file open/close operations. This can give enormous performance benefits. + </para> + + <para>When you set <command moreinfo="none">fake oplocks = yes</command>, <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command moreinfo="none">smbd(8)</command></ulink> will + always grant oplock requests no matter how many clients are using + the file.</para> + + <para>It is generally much better to use the real <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter></link> support rather + than this parameter.</para> + + <para>If you enable this option on all read-only shares or + shares that you know will only be accessed from one client at a + time such as physically read-only media like CDROMs, you will see + a big performance improvement on many operations. If you enable + this option on shares where multiple clients may be accessing the + files read-write at the same time you can get data corruption. Use + this option carefully!</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">fake oplocks = no</command></para></listitem> + </samba:parameter> |