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| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml index 1c75457803..9d2b750943 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml @@ -5,10 +5,17 @@ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> - This boolean option controls whether at exit time the server - dumps a list of files with debug level 0 that were still open - for write. This is an administrative aid to find the files - that were potentially corrupt if the network connection died. + When the network connection between a CIFS client and Samba + dies, Samba has no option but to simply shut down the server + side of the network connection. If this happens, there is a + risk of data corruption because the Windows client did not + complete all write operations that the Windows application + requested. Setting this option to "yes" makes smbd log with + a level 0 message a list of all files that have been opened + for writing when the network connection died. Those are the + files that are potentially corrupted. It is meant as an aid + for the administrator to give him a list of files to do + consistency checks on. </para> </description> |