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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/kerneloplocks.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/kerneloplocks.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..98513fdd1e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/locking/kerneloplocks.xml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="KERNELOPLOCKS"/>kernel oplocks (G)</term> + <listitem><para>For UNIXes that support kernel based <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter></link> + (currently only IRIX and the Linux 2.4 kernel), this parameter + allows the use of them to be turned on or off.</para> + + <para>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks + </parameter> to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation + accesses a file that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has oplocked. This allows complete + data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is + a <emphasis>very</emphasis> cool feature :-).</para> + + <para>This parameter defaults to <constant>on</constant>, but is translated + to a no-op on systems that no not have the necessary kernel support. + You should never need to touch this parameter.</para> + + <para>See also the <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter> + </link> and <link linkend="LEVEL2OPLOCKS"><parameter moreinfo="none">level2 oplocks + </parameter></link> parameters.</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">kernel oplocks = yes</command></para> + </listitem> + </samba:parameter> |