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authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2004-09-27 21:10:15 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:46:03 -0500
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More full explaination of the parameter.
Jeremy. (This used to be commit cd52139da245f88739c1d60a066f67d0c89a635a)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml
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@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@
Windows allows specifying how a file will be shared with
other processes when it is opened. Sharing violations occur when
a file is opened by a different process using options that violate
- the share settings specified by other processes.
+ the share settings specified by other processes. This parameter causes
+ smbd to act as a Windows server does, and defer returning a "sharing
+ violation" error message for up to one second, allowing the client
+ to close the file causing the violation in the meantime.
</para>
<para>Unix by default does not have this behaviour.</para>
<para>
- There should be no reason to turn off this parameter.
+ There should be no reason to turn off this parameter, as it is
+ designed to enable Samba to more correctly emulate Windows.
</para>
</description>