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authorChristof Schmitt <cs@samba.org>2016-08-18 13:46:52 -0700
committerAndreas Schneider <asn@cryptomilk.org>2016-08-19 09:36:19 +0200
commit5dd79dc1282ad3090fb34079a8ed7d1d93a39a50 (patch)
tree95f668850fe76e6a779440737b2470dbe2ff53c5 /docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc
parent98ea4a2219c4ff1c1a8307f64a7588845be7af6f (diff)
downloadsamba-5dd79dc1282ad3090fb34079a8ed7d1d93a39a50.tar.gz
docs: Clarify description for cache, lock and state directory settings
Signed-off-by: Christof Schmitt <cs@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc')
-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/cachedirectory.xml7
-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/lockdirectory.xml4
-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/statedirectory.xml2
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/cachedirectory.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/cachedirectory.xml
index 6ffda0b1b03..21d7d9461d8 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/cachedirectory.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/cachedirectory.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
<parameter moreinfo="none">cache directory</parameter> options.
</para>
- <para> This option specifies the directory where TDB files containing
- non-persistent data will be stored.
+ <para>This option specifies the directory for storing TDB
+ files containing non-persistent data that will be kept across
+ service restarts. The directory should be placed on persistent
+ storage, but the data can be safely deleted by an
+ administrator.
</para>
</description>
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/lockdirectory.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/lockdirectory.xml
index 738de2e9644..f8f64ff9fef 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/lockdirectory.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/lockdirectory.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
Note: This option can not be set inside registry
configurations.
</para>
+ <para>The files placed in this directory are not required
+ across service restarts and can be safely placed on volatile
+ storage (e.g. tmpfs in Linux)</para>
+
</description>
<value type="default">&pathconfig.LOCKDIR;</value>
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/statedirectory.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/statedirectory.xml
index 084f1450398..2f2b0642ea9 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/statedirectory.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/statedirectory.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
</para>
<para> This option specifies the directory where TDB files containing
- persistent data will be stored.
+ important persistent data will be stored.
</para>
</description>