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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/smbdotconf/smb.conf.5.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/smb.conf.5.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/smb.conf.5.xml index cfa7e4bc24..19b4fdc3fb 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/smb.conf.5.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/smb.conf.5.xml @@ -491,10 +491,16 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias... </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>case sensitive = yes/no</term> + <term>case sensitive = yes/no/auto</term> <listitem><para>controls whether filenames are case sensitive. If they aren't, Samba must do a filename search and match on passed - names. Default <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para></listitem> + names. The default setting of auto allows clients that support case + sensitive filenames (Linux CIFSVFS and smbclient 3.0.5 and above currently) + to tell the Samba server on a per-packet basis that they wish to access + the file system in a case-sensitive manner (to support UNIX case sensitive + semantics). No Windows or DOS system supports case-sensitive filename so + setting this option to auto is that same as setting it to no for them. + Default <emphasis>auto</emphasis>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |