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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:45:43 -0500
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+<samba:parameter name="locking"
+ type="boolean"
+ context="S"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<description>
+ <para>This controls whether or not locking will be
+ performed by the server in response to lock requests from the
+ client.</para>
+
+ <para>If <command moreinfo="none">locking = no</command>, all lock and unlock
+ requests will appear to succeed and all lock queries will report
+ that the file in question is available for locking.</para>
+
+ <para>If <command moreinfo="none">locking = yes</command>, real locking will be performed
+ by the server.</para>
+
+ <para>This option <emphasis>may</emphasis> be useful for read-only
+ filesystems which <emphasis>may</emphasis> not need locking (such as
+ CDROM drives), although setting this parameter of <constant>no</constant>
+ is not really recommended even in this case.</para>
+
+ <para>Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a
+ specific service, as lack of locking may result in data corruption.
+ You should never need to set this parameter.</para>
+</description>
+
+<value type="boolean">yes</value>
+</samba:parameter>