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authorAndrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>1996-10-05 10:26:31 +0000
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- added docs on the new "fake oplocks" option.
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systems.
+OPLOCKS
+-------
+
+Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to
+locally cache file operations. If a server grants an oplock
+(opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume that it is the
+only one accessing the file and it will agressively cache file
+data. With some oplock types the client may even cache file open/close
+operations. This can give enormous performance benefits.
+
+Samba does not support opportunistic locks because they are very
+difficult to do under Unix. Samba can fake them, however, by granting
+a oplock whenever a client asks for one. This is controlled using the
+smb.conf option "fake oplocks". If you set "fake oplocks = yes" then
+you are telling the client that it may agressively cache the file
+data.
+
+By enabling this option on all read-only shares or shares that you know
+will only be accessed from one client at a time you will see a big
+performance improvement on many operations. If you enable this option
+on shares where multiple clients may be accessing the files read-write
+at the same time you can get data corruption. Use this option
+carefully!
+
+This option is disabled by default.
+
SOCKET OPTIONS
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