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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index 989a395c159..b5fe0fd1a00 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ substitutions and other smb.conf options. .SS NAME MANGLING -Samba supports "name mangling" so that DOS and Windows clients can use -files that don't conform to the 8.3 format. It can also be set to adjust -the case of 8.3 format filenames. +Samba supports "name mangling" so that older DOS and Windows 3 clients +can use files that don't conform to the 8.3 format. It can also be set +to adjust the case of 8.3 format filenames. There are several options that control the way mangling is performed, and they are grouped here rather than listed separately. For the @@ -477,8 +477,6 @@ time server unix realname -username level - username map use rhosts @@ -522,8 +520,6 @@ default case delete readonly -delete veto files - deny hosts directory @@ -869,9 +865,11 @@ See also : "valid chars". client code page = 437 .SS comment (S) -This is a text field that is seen when a client does a net view to -list what shares are available. It will also be used when browsing is -fully supported. +This is a text field that is seen next to a share when a client does a +net view to list what shares are available. + +If you want to set the string that is displayed next to the machine +name then see the server string command. .B Default: No comment string @@ -1040,34 +1038,6 @@ override this one. Where the lists conflict, the 'allow' list takes precedence. .B Example: deny hosts = 150.203.4. badhost.mynet.edu.au - -.SS delete veto files (S) - -This option is used when Samba is attempting to delete a directory -that contains one or more vetoed directories (see the 'veto files' option). -If this option is set to False (the default) then if a vetoed directory -contains any non-vetoed files or directories then the directory delete -will fail. This is usually what you want. - -If this option is set to True, then Samba will attempt -to recursively delete any files and directories within the vetoed -directory. This can be useful for integration with file serving -systems such as Netatalk, which create meta-files within directories -you might normally veto DOS/Windows users from seeing (eg. .AppleDouble) - -Setting 'delete veto files = True' allows these directories to be -transparently deleted when the parent directory is deleted (so long -as the user has permissions to do so). - -.B Default: - delete veto files = False - -.B Example: - delete veto files = True - -See -.B veto files - .SS dfree command (G) The dfree command setting should only be used on systems where a problem occurs with the internal disk space calculations. This has @@ -1236,12 +1206,11 @@ only one accessing the file and it will aggressively cache file data. With some oplock types the client may even cache file open/close operations. This can give enormous performance benefits. -Samba does not support opportunistic locks because they are very -difficult to do under Unix. Samba can fake them, however, by granting -a oplock whenever a client asks for one. This is controlled using the -smb.conf option "fake oplocks". If you set "fake oplocks = yes" then -you are telling the client that it may aggressively cache the file -data. +Samba does not support opportunistic locks in this release. Samba can +fake them, however, by granting a oplock whenever a client asks for +one. This is controlled using the smb.conf option "fake oplocks". If +you set "fake oplocks = yes" then you are telling the client that it +may aggressively cache the file data. By enabling this option on all read-only shares or shares that you know will only be accessed from one client at a time you will see a big @@ -1555,10 +1524,10 @@ A boolean variable that controls whether all printers in the printcap will be loaded for browsing by default. .B Default: - load printers = yes + load printers = no .B Example: - load printers = no + load printers = yes .SS local master (G) This option allows the nmbd to become a local master browser on a @@ -3202,26 +3171,6 @@ on how this parameter determines access to the services. username = fred username = fred, mary, jack, jane, @users, @pcgroup -.SS username level (G) - -This option helps Samba to try and 'guess' at the real UNIX username, -as many DOS clients send an all-uppercase username. By default Samba -tries all lowercase, followed by the username with the first letter -capitalized, and fails if the username is not found on the UNIX machine. - -If this parameter is set to non-zero the behaviour changes. This -parameter is a number that specifies the number of uppercase combinations -to try whilst trying to determine the UNIX user name. The higher the number -the more combinations will be tried, but the slower the discovery -of usernames will be. Use this parameter when you have strange -usernames on your UNIX machine, such as 'AstrangeUser'. - -.B Default: - username level = 0 - -.B Example: - username level = 5 - .SS username map (G) This option allows you to to specify a file containing a mapping of |