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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/filename/vetooplockfiles.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/filename/vetooplockfiles.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f546ecc16 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/filename/vetooplockfiles.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<samba:parameter name="veto oplock files" + context="S" + type="string" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <description> + <para>This parameter is only valid when the <link linkend="OPLOCKS"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">oplocks</parameter></link> + parameter is turned on for a share. It allows the Samba administrator + to selectively turn off the granting of oplocks on selected files that + match a wildcarded list, similar to the wildcarded list used in the + <link linkend="VETOFILES"><parameter moreinfo="none">veto files</parameter></link> + parameter.</para> + + + <para>You might want to do this on files that you know will + be heavily contended for by clients. A good example of this + is in the NetBench SMB benchmark program, which causes heavy + client contention for files ending in <filename moreinfo="none">.SEM</filename>. + To cause Samba not to grant oplocks on these files you would use + the line (either in the [global] section or in the section for + the particular NetBench share :</para> +</description> +<value type="default"><comment>No files are vetoed for oplock grants</comment></value> +<value type="example">/.*SEM/</value> +</samba:parameter> |