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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dfreecommand.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dfreecommand.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c71ec8e00b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/dfreecommand.xml @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="DFREECOMMAND"/>dfree command (G)</term> + <listitem><para>The <parameter moreinfo="none">dfree command</parameter> setting should + only be used on systems where a problem occurs with the internal + disk space calculations. This has been known to happen with Ultrix, + but may occur with other operating systems. The symptom that was + seen was an error of "Abort Retry Ignore" at the end of each + directory listing.</para> + + <para>This setting allows the replacement of the internal routines to + calculate the total disk space and amount available with an external + routine. The example below gives a possible script that might fulfill + this function.</para> + + <para>The external program will be passed a single parameter indicating + a directory in the filesystem being queried. This will typically consist + of the string <filename moreinfo="none">./</filename>. The script should return two + integers in ASCII. The first should be the total disk space in blocks, + and the second should be the number of available blocks. An optional + third return value can give the block size in bytes. The default + blocksize is 1024 bytes.</para> + + <para>Note: Your script should <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be setuid or + setgid and should be owned by (and writeable only by) root!</para> + + <para>Default: <emphasis>By default internal routines for + determining the disk capacity and remaining space will be used. + </emphasis></para> + + <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">dfree command = /usr/local/samba/bin/dfree + </command></para> + + <para>Where the script dfree (which must be made executable) could be:</para> + +<para><programlisting format="linespecific"> +#!/bin/sh +df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}' +</programlisting></para> + + <para>or perhaps (on Sys V based systems):</para> + +<para><programlisting format="linespecific"> +#!/bin/sh +/usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $3" "$5}' +</programlisting></para> + + <para>Note that you may have to replace the command names + with full path names on some systems.</para> + </listitem> + </samba:parameter> |