<samba:parameter name="share modes" context="S" xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> <listitem> <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>These open modes are not directly supported by UNIX, so they are simulated using shared memory, or lock files if your UNIX doesn't support shared memory (almost all do).</para> <para>The share modes that are enabled by this option are <constant>DENY_DOS</constant>, <constant>DENY_ALL</constant>, <constant>DENY_READ</constant>, <constant>DENY_WRITE</constant>, <constant>DENY_NONE</constant> and <constant>DENY_FCB</constant>. </para> <para>This option gives full share compatibility and 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> <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">share modes = yes</command></para> </listitem> </samba:parameter>