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author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 1998-02-13 07:13:52 +0000 |
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committer | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 1998-02-13 07:13:52 +0000 |
commit | 712310748085331b61034c4c3a8a444845d2ef63 (patch) | |
tree | a1c89d492315df23556c7e329325f7b50d626b89 /docs/manpages | |
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Updated - removed "win95 bug compatibility" and added "dos filetime resolution".
Jeremy.
(This used to be commit 7ca827b6eaf948d57b8aefb09c6818371e1cd65b)
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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index a327b0f193..9a6788baba 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -293,34 +293,6 @@ gets it wrong then sending me a level 3 log should allow me to fix it. There are some quite creative things that can be done with these substitutions and other smb.conf options. -.B New for 1.9.18p3 and above. - -Thanks to a patch from Branko Cibej, Samba can now expand environment -variables in the smb.conf file. - -To embed an environment variable, use the syntax : - -%$(ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME) - -(substitute 'ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME' with the name of the -environment variable you wish to have substituted at this point. - -The entire '%$(ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME)' string will be replaced -by the contents of the environment variable. If a non-existing -environment variable is specified, the original string will be -left alone (and will probably cause a parsing error in the smb.conf -at that point). - -Remember, the environment used will be that of the smbd/nmbd process, -not that of the connecting user. As this is usually started at boot -time, then it will be very different from that of a normal user. -Remember to add any special variables into the environment before -starting the master smbd/nmbd. - -If smbd/nmbd is run from inetd, then the environment used will be -inherited from inetd. In this case you will need to specify -any special variables before starting inetd. - .SS NAME MANGLING Samba supports "name mangling" so that DOS and Windows clients can use @@ -544,8 +516,6 @@ use rhosts valid chars -win95 bug compatibility - wins proxy wins server @@ -601,6 +571,8 @@ dont descend dos filetimes +dos filetime resolution + exec fake oplocks @@ -1348,6 +1320,29 @@ options (UTIME_WORKAROUND) which was broken and is now removed. .B Example: dos filetimes = True +.SS dos filetime resolution (S) +Under the DOS and Windows FAT filesystem, the finest granulatity on +time resolution is two seconds. Setting this parameter for a share +causes Samba to round the reported time down to the nearest two +second boundary when a query call that requires one second resolution +is made to smbd. + +This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++ +when used against Samba shares. If oplocks are enabled on a share, +Visual C++ uses two different time reading calls to check if a file +has changed since it was last read. One of these calls uses a one-second +granularity, the other uses a two second granularity. As the two second +call rounds any odd second down, then if the file has a timestamp of an +odd number of seconds then the two timestamps will not match and Visual +C++ will keep reporting the file has changed. Setting this option causes +the two timestamps to match, and Visual C++ is happy. + +.B Default: + dos filetime resolution = False + +.B Example: + dos filetime resolution = True + .SS encrypt passwords (G) This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be negotiated @@ -3787,28 +3782,6 @@ only to areas that are outside the directory tree being exported. .B Example: wide links = no -.SS win95 bug compatibility (G) - -This boolean controls the behavior of smbd with respect to the reporting -of 'access time' on files and directories. With this set to true, Samba -will return the modify time (UNIX mtime) as the access time to the client. - -This is sometimes desirable due to the fact that in Windows, a files -access time is only updated when the file is closed, whereas on UNIX, -a files access time is updated as soon as it is read. For Visual C++ -to work correctly on a Samba share with oplocks, it is desirable to -set this parameter to 'yes'. This parameter also causes Samba to -swap the Date and Time information in two of the trans2 SMB calls, -as a Windows 95 server does. Other bug-for-bug compatible fixes -will also be turned on by setting this flag as the need arises -to be bug compatible with a Windows 95 server. - -.B Default: - win95 bug compatibility = no - -.B Example: - win95 bug compatibility = yes - .SS wins proxy (G) This is a boolean that controls if nmbd will respond to broadcast name |