From d18b94b3c78b4ae0086e3c1f71f7310d915b2771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Allison Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:10:15 +0000 Subject: More full explaination of the parameter. Jeremy. (This used to be commit cd52139da245f88739c1d60a066f67d0c89a635a) --- docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml index 452ebef2dc..b37891fb01 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/defersharingviolations.xml @@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ Windows allows specifying how a file will be shared with other processes when it is opened. Sharing violations occur when a file is opened by a different process using options that violate - the share settings specified by other processes. + the share settings specified by other processes. This parameter causes + smbd to act as a Windows server does, and defer returning a "sharing + violation" error message for up to one second, allowing the client + to close the file causing the violation in the meantime. Unix by default does not have this behaviour. - There should be no reason to turn off this parameter. + There should be no reason to turn off this parameter, as it is + designed to enable Samba to more correctly emulate Windows. -- cgit