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| author | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-04-06 22:14:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-04-06 22:14:01 +0000 |
| commit | c29eb90444170953721b087f8d26b4a3b98b3fe8 (patch) | |
| tree | 257b1ee9b093a057b81e289fd511b992cc518642 /docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictsync.xml | |
| parent | 27aef6855f1543547b8190f06fd264d1b52a558d (diff) | |
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Convert more parameters to new smb.conf(5) style. Document found occurences of non-documented parameters in doc-status
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictsync.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictsync.xml index b228f7cfcb..693806a503 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictsync.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictsync.xml @@ -1,23 +1,25 @@ -<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> - <term><anchor id="STRICTSYNC"/>strict sync (S)</term> - <listitem><para>Many Windows applications (including the Windows - 98 explorer shell) seem to confuse flushing buffer contents to - disk with doing a sync to disk. Under UNIX, a sync call forces - the process to be suspended until the kernel has ensured that - all outstanding data in kernel disk buffers has been safely stored - onto stable storage. This is very slow and should only be done - rarely. Setting this parameter to <constant>no</constant> (the - default) means that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> ignores the Windows applications requests for - a sync call. There is only a possibility of losing data if the - operating system itself that Samba is running on crashes, so there is - little danger in this default setting. In addition, this fixes many - performance problems that people have reported with the new Windows98 - explorer shell file copies.</para> +<samba:parameter name="strict sync" + context="S" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<listitem> + <para>Many Windows applications (including the Windows 98 explorer + shell) seem to confuse flushing buffer contents to disk with doing + a sync to disk. Under UNIX, a sync call forces the process to be + suspended until the kernel has ensured that all outstanding data in + kernel disk buffers has been safely stored onto stable storage. + This is very slow and should only be done rarely. Setting this + parameter to <constant>no</constant> (the default) means that + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> ignores the Windows + applications requests for a sync call. There is only a possibility + of losing data if the operating system itself that Samba is running + on crashes, so there is little danger in this default setting. In + addition, this fixes many performance problems that people have + reported with the new Windows98 explorer shell file copies.</para> - <para>See also the <link linkend="SYNCALWAYS"><parameter moreinfo="none">sync - always></parameter></link> parameter.</para> + <para>See also the <link linkend="SYNCALWAYS"><parameter moreinfo="none">sync + always></parameter></link> parameter.</para> - <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">strict sync = no</command></para> - </listitem> - </samba:parameter> + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">strict sync = no</command></para> +</listitem> +</samba:parameter> |