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authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2005-03-28 21:30:00 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:46:24 -0500
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Update default of dos filetimes to yes and explain why.
Jeremy. (This used to be commit a0199fcadab292ed92ab0b612b2460cba8a56129)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimes.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimes.xml
index 877687bb06..90f93a03e8 100644
--- a/docs/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimes.xml
+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/misc/dosfiletimes.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to <constant>
yes</constant> allows DOS semantics and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will change the file
-timestamp as DOS requires.</para>
+ timestamp as DOS requires. Due to changes in Microsoft Office 2000 and beyond,
+ the default for this parameter has been changed from "no" to "yes" in Samba 3.0.14
+ and above. Microsoft Excel will display dialog box warnings about the file being
+ changed by another user if this parameter is not set to "yes" and files are being
+ shared between users.
+ </para>
</description>
-<value type="default">no</value>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
</samba:parameter>