<samba:parameter name="share modes" type="boolean" context="S" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This enables or disables the honoring of the <parameter moreinfo="none">share modes</parameter> during a file open. These modes are used by clients to gain exclusive read or write access to a file.</para> <para>This is a deprecated option from old versions of Samba, and will be removed in the next major release. </para> <para>These open modes are not directly supported by UNIX, so they are simulated using shared memory.</para> <para>The share modes that are enabled by this option are the standard Windows share modes. </para> <para>This option gives full share compatibility and is enabled by default.</para> <para>You should <emphasis>NEVER</emphasis> turn this parameter off as many Windows applications will break if you do so.</para> </description> <value type="default">yes</value> </samba:parameter>