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authorVolker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>2008-07-18 11:18:04 +0200
committerVolker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>2008-07-18 11:22:16 +0200
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Document the streams modules
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<refentry id="vfs_streams_depot.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>vfs_streams_depot</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>vfs_streams_depot</refname>
+ <refpurpose>EXPERIMENTAL module to store alternate data streams in a
+ central directory.
+ </refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>vfs objects = streams_depot</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>This <emphasis>EXPERIMENTAL</emphasis> VFS module is part of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para>The <command>vfs_streams_depot</command> enables storing of NTFS
+ alternate data streams in the file system. As a normal posix file
+ system does not support the concept of multiple data streams per file,
+ the streams_depot module stores the data in files in a separate
+ directory.</para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>streams_depot:directory = PATH</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Path of the directory where the alternate data streams
+ should be stored. Defaults to the sharepath/.streams.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>EXAMPLES</title>
+
+<programlisting>
+ <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
+ <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">streams_depot</smbconfoption>
+</programlisting>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
+ were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<refentry id="vfs_streams_xattr.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>vfs_streams_xattr</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>vfs_streams_xattr</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Store alternate data streams in posix xattrs</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>vfs objects = streams_xattr</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>This VFS module is part of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para>The <command>vfs_streams_xattr</command> enables storing of NTFS
+ alternate data streams in the file system. As a normal posix file
+ system does not support the concept of multiple data streams per file,
+ the streams_xattr module stores the data in posix extended attributes
+ (xattrs). The name of these attributes is
+ user.DosStream."ADS-NAME".</para>
+
+ <para>The file system that is shared with this module enabled must
+ support xattrs.</para>
+
+ <para>Please note that most file systems have severe limitations on
+ the size of xattrs. So this module might work for applications like IE
+ that stores small zone information in streams but will fail for
+ applications that store serious amounts of data in ADSs.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>EXAMPLES</title>
+
+<programlisting>
+ <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
+ <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">streams_xattr</smbconfoption>
+</programlisting>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
+ were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>