From 6326dd25d6d917f26938ff1666944976da56d8d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:32:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] apply fixes from Herb to do with synonyms in smb.conf(5) --- docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml | 120 +++++++++---------- docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html | 211 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 128 ++++++++++++--------- 3 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 200 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml index 5ef6b1e2769..e29985a56c1 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ [foo] path = /home/bar - writeable = true + read only = no @@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ [aprinter] path = /usr/spool/public - writeable = false - printable = true - guest ok = true + read only = yes + printable = yes + guest ok = yes @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ [homes] - writeable = yes + read only = no @@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ queue the lock request, and periodically attempt to obtain the lock until the timeout period expires. - If this parameter is set to false, then + If this parameter is set to no, then Samba 2.2 will behave as previous versions of Samba would and will fail the lock request immediately if the lock range cannot be obtained. @@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ This controls whether smbd(8) will serve a browse list to a client doing a NetServerEnum call. Normally - set to true. You should never need to change + set to yes. You should never need to change this. Default: browse list = yes @@ -2136,11 +2136,11 @@ 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 + option). If this option is set to no (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 + If this option is set to yes, 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 @@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ domain logons (G) - If set to true, the Samba server will serve + If set to yes, the Samba server will serve Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the workgroup it is in. Samba 2.2 also has limited capability to act as a domain controller for Windows @@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ default, Samba runs with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the timestamp on a file if the user smbd is acting on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to - true allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file + yes allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file timestamp as DOS requires. Default: dos filetimes = no @@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ caching algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd() calls. This can have a significant impact on performance, especially when the wide links - parameter is set to false. + parameter is set to no. Default: getwd cache = yes @@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ homedir map (G) Ifnis homedir - is true, and is yes, and smbd(8) is also acting as a Win95/98 logon server then this parameter specifies the NIS (or YP) map from which the server for the user's @@ -3693,7 +3693,7 @@ oplocks are supported then level2 oplocks are not granted (even if this parameter is set to yes). Note also, the oplocks - parameter must be set to true on this share in order for + parameter must be set to yes on this share in order for this parameter to have any effect. See also the oplocks @@ -3714,10 +3714,10 @@ nmbd(8) will produce Lanman announce broadcasts that are needed by OS/2 clients in order for them to see the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter can have three - values, true, false, or + values, yes, no, or auto. The default is auto. - If set to false Samba will never produce these - broadcasts. If set to true Samba will produce + If set to no Samba will never produce these + broadcasts. If set to yes Samba will produce Lanman announce broadcasts at a frequency set by the parameter lm interval. If set to auto Samba will not send Lanman announce broadcasts by default but will @@ -3772,15 +3772,15 @@ local master (G) This option allows nmbd(8) to try and become a local master browser - on a subnet. If set to false then + on a subnet. If set to no then nmbd will not attempt to become a local master browser on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By - default this value is set to true. Setting this value to true doesn't + default this value is set to yes. Setting this value to yes doesn't mean that Samba will become the local master browser on a subnet, just that nmbd will participate in elections for local master browser. - Setting this value to false will cause nmbd + Setting this value to no will cause nmbd never to become a local master browser. Default: local master = yes @@ -5458,7 +5458,7 @@ if the expect string is a full stop then no string is expected. If the pam - password change parameter is set to true, the chat pairs + password change parameter is set to yes, the chat pairs may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result, not any particular output. The \n macro is ignored for PAM conversions. @@ -5520,7 +5520,7 @@ it. Note that if the unix - password sync parameter is set to true + password sync parameter is set to yes then this program is called AS ROOT before the SMB password in the smbpasswd(5) file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then @@ -5531,7 +5531,7 @@ is set this parameter MUST USE ABSOLUTE PATHS for ALL programs called, and must be examined for security implications. Note that by default unix - password sync is set to false. + password sync is set to no. See also unix password sync. @@ -5820,7 +5820,7 @@ url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8) is a preferred master browser for its workgroup. - If this is set to true, on startup, nmbd + If this is set to yes, on startup, nmbd will force an election, and it will have a slight advantage in winning the election. It is recommended that this parameter is used in conjunction with @@ -5994,7 +5994,7 @@ Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to the service path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling - of print data. The writeable + of print data. The read only parameter controls only non-printing access to the resource. @@ -6346,7 +6346,7 @@ This is a list of users that are given read-only access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will not be given write access, no matter what the writeable + linkend="READONLY">read only option is set to. The list can include group names using the syntax described in the invalid users parameter. @@ -6365,8 +6365,18 @@ read only (S) - Note that this is an inverted synonym for writeable. + An inverted synonym is + writeable. + + If this parameter is yes, then users + of a service may not create or modify files in the service's + directory. + + Note that a printable service (printable = yes) + will ALWAYS allow writing to the directory + (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations. + + Default: read only = yes @@ -6499,10 +6509,10 @@ restrict anonymous (G) - This is a boolean parameter. If it is true, then + This is a boolean parameter. If it is yes, then anonymous access to the server will be restricted, namely in the case where the server is expecting the client to send a username, - but it doesn't. Setting it to true will force these anonymous + but it doesn't. Setting it to yes will force these anonymous connections to be denied, and the client will be required to always supply a username and password when connecting. Use of this parameter is only recommended for homogeneous NT client environments. @@ -6512,7 +6522,7 @@ likes to use anonymous connections when refreshing the share list, and this is a way to work around that. - When restrict anonymous is true, all anonymous connections + When restrict anonymous is yes, all anonymous connections are denied no matter what they are for. This can effect the ability of a machine to access the Samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate its machine account after someone else has logged on the client @@ -6816,7 +6826,7 @@ url="smbpasswd.8.html">smbpasswd(8) has been used to add this machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the encrypted passwords - parameter to be set to true. In this + parameter to be set to yes. In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly the same way that a Windows NT Server would do. @@ -7622,10 +7632,10 @@ sync always (S) This is a boolean parameter that controls whether writes will always be written to stable storage before - the write call returns. If this is false then the server will be + the write call returns. If this is no then the server will be guided by the client's request in each write call (clients can set a bit indicating that a particular write should be synchronous). - If this is true then every write will be followed by a fsync() + If this is yes then every write will be followed by a fsync() call to ensure the data is written to disk. Note that the strict sync parameter must be set to yes in order for this parameter to have @@ -7778,7 +7788,7 @@ This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed. - If this is set to true the program specified in the passwd + If this is set to yes the program specified in the passwd programparameter is called AS ROOT - to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no @@ -7868,7 +7878,7 @@ This global parameter determines if the tdb internals of Samba can depend on mmap working correctly on the running system. Samba requires a coherent mmap/read-write system memory cache. Currently only HPUX does not have such a - coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to false by + coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to no by default on HPUX. On all other systems this parameter should be left alone. This parameter is provided to help the Samba developers track down problems with the tdb internal code. @@ -7883,7 +7893,7 @@ use rhosts (G) - If this global parameter is true, it specifies + If this global parameter is yes, it specifies that the UNIX user's .rhosts file in their home directory will be read to find the names of hosts and users who will be allowed access without specifying a password. @@ -7903,7 +7913,7 @@ use sendfile (S) - If this parameter is true, and Samba + If this parameter is yes, and Samba was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX and ReadRaw) will use the more efficient sendfile system call for files that @@ -8120,7 +8130,7 @@ utmp (G) This boolean parameter is only available if Samba has been configured and compiled with the option - --with-utmp. If set to true then Samba will attempt + --with-utmp. If set to yes then Samba will attempt to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the user connecting to a Samba share. @@ -8398,7 +8408,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ getpwent() and endpwent() group of system calls. If the winbind enum users parameter is - false, calls to the getpwent system call + no, calls to the getpwent system call will not return any data. Warning: Turning off user @@ -8420,7 +8430,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ getgrent() and endgrent() group of system calls. If the winbind enum groups parameter is - false, calls to the getgrent() system + no, calls to the getgrent() system call will not return any data. Warning: Turning off group @@ -8496,9 +8506,9 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system. - Default: winbind use default domain = <falseg> + Default: winbind use default domain = <no> - Example: winbind use default domain = true + Example: winbind use default domain = yes @@ -8593,9 +8603,9 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ wins support (G) This boolean controls if the nmbd(8) process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should - not set this to true unless you have a multi-subnetted network and + not set this to yes unless you have a multi-subnetted network and you wish a particular nmbd to be your WINS server. - Note that you should NEVER set this to true + Note that you should NEVER set this to yes on more than one machine in your network. Default: wins support = no @@ -8666,7 +8676,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ This is a list of users that are given read-write access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will be given write access, no matter what the writeable + linkend="READONLY">read only option is set to. The list can include group names using the @group syntax. @@ -8690,8 +8700,8 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ write ok (S) - Synonym for - writeable. + Inverted synonym for + read only. @@ -8711,18 +8721,8 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/ writeable (S) - An inverted synonym is - read only. - - If this parameter is no, then users - of a service may not create or modify files in the service's - directory. - - Note that a printable service (printable = yes) - will ALWAYS allow writing to the directory - (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations. - - Default: writeable = no + Inverted synonym for + read only. diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html b/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html index 8567b9988bd..b474364b745 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smb.conf.5.html @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ CLASS="SCREEN" CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" > [foo] path = /home/bar - writeable = true + read only = no [aprinter] path = /usr/spool/public - writeable = false - printable = true - guest ok = true + read only = yes + printable = yes + guest ok = yes [homes] - writeable = yes + read only = no

  • use sendfile

  • COMPLETE LIST OF SERVICE PARAMETERS

    EXPLANATION OF EACH PARAMETER

    If this parameter is set to falseno, then Samba 2.2 will behave as previous versions of Samba would and will fail the lock request immediately if the lock range @@ -5539,7 +5551,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > call. Normally set to trueyes. You should never need to change this.

    option). If this option is set to falseno (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 trueyes, then Samba will attempt to recursively delete any files and directories within the vetoed directory. This can be useful for integration with file @@ -7780,7 +7792,7 @@ NAME="DOMAINLOGONS" >

    If set to trueyes, the Samba server will serve Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the is acting on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to true yes allows DOS semantics and parameter is set to falseno.

    Default: is trueyes, and parameter must be set to trueyes on this share in order for this parameter to have any effect.

    trueyes, falseno, or . If set to falseno Samba will never produce these broadcasts. If set to trueyes Samba will produce Lanman announce broadcasts at a frequency set by the parameter to try and become a local master browser on a subnet. If set to falseno then nmbdtrueyes. Setting this value to trueyes doesn't mean that Samba will become

    Setting this value to falseno will cause nmbd parameter is set to true, the chat pairs +> parameter is set to yes, the chat pairs may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result, not any particular output. The \n macro is ignored for PAM conversions.

    parameter is set to true +>yes then this program is called AS ROOT is set to falseno.

    See also

    If this is set to trueyes, on startup, nmbdNote that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to the service path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling of print data. The writeable +>read only This is a list of users that are given read-only access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will not be given write access, no matter what the writeableread only @@ -15374,15 +15389,36 @@ NAME="READONLY" >read only (S)

    Note that this is an inverted synonym for An inverted synonym is writeable.

    If this parameter is yes, then users + of a service may not create or modify files in the service's + directory.

    Note that a printable service (printable = yes) + will ALWAYS allow writing to the directory + (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.

    Default: read only = yes

    This is a boolean parameter. If it is trueyes, then anonymous access to the server will be restricted, namely in the case where the server is expecting the client to send a username, but it doesn't. Setting it to trueyes will force these anonymous connections to be denied, and the client will be required to always supply a username and password when connecting. Use of this parameter @@ -15601,7 +15637,7 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT" >

    When restrict anonymous is trueyes, all anonymous connections are denied no matter what they are for. This can effect the ability of a machine to access the Samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate @@ -16294,7 +16330,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" parameter to be set to trueyes. In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly @@ -17739,13 +17775,13 @@ NAME="SYNCALWAYS" whether writes will always be written to stable storage before the write call returns. If this is falseno then the server will be guided by the client's request in each write call (clients can set a bit indicating that a particular write should be synchronous). If this is trueyes then every write will be followed by a fsync() @@ -18014,7 +18050,7 @@ NAME="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC" when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed. If this is set to trueyes the program specified in the falseno by default on HPUX. On all other systems this parameter should be left alone. This parameter is provided to help the Samba developers track down problems with @@ -18190,7 +18226,7 @@ NAME="USERHOSTS" >

    If this global parameter is trueyes, it specifies that the UNIX user's

    use sendfile (S)

    If this parameter is yes, and Samba + was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating + system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX + and ReadRaw) will use the more efficient sendfile system call for files that + are exclusively oplocked. This may make more efficient use of the system CPU's + and cause Samba to be faster. This is off by default as it's effects are unknown + as yet. +

    Default: use sendfile = no

    user (S)
    --with-utmp. If set to trueyes then Samba will attempt to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the @@ -19073,7 +19133,10 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" >winbind enum users parameter is - false, calls to the no, calls to the getpwent system call @@ -19124,7 +19187,10 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" >winbind enum groups parameter is - false, calls to the no, calls to the getgrent() system @@ -19259,13 +19325,13 @@ TARGET="_top" >

    Default: winbind use default domain = <falseg> +>winbind use default domain = <no>

    Example: winbind use default domain = truewinbind use default domain = yes

    process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should not set this to trueyes unless you have a multi-subnetted network and you wish a particular NEVER set this to trueyes on more than one machine in your network.

    This is a list of users that are given read-write access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will be given write access, no matter what the writeableread only @@ -19567,12 +19633,12 @@ NAME="WRITEOK" >write ok (S)

    Synonym for Inverted synonym for writeable read only.

    writeable (S)

    An inverted synonym is Inverted synonym for read only read only.

    If this parameter is no, then users - of a service may not create or modify files in the service's - directory.

    Note that a printable service (printable = yes) - will ALWAYS allow writing to the directory - (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.

    Default: writeable = no

    WARNINGS

    VERSION

    SEE ALSO

    AUTHOR

    .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng . -.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "03 September 2002" "" "" +.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "03 October 2002" "" "" .SH NAME smb.conf \- The configuration file for the Samba suite .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The share is accessed via the share name "foo": .nf [foo] path = /home/bar - writeable = true + read only = no .sp @@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ elsewhere): .nf [aprinter] path = /usr/spool/public - writeable = false - printable = true - guest ok = true + read only = yes + printable = yes + guest ok = yes .sp @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ section: .sp .nf [homes] - writeable = yes + read only = no .sp @@ -1011,6 +1011,9 @@ each parameter for details. Note that some are synonyms. \fIuse rhosts\fR .TP 0.2i \(bu +\fIuse sendfile\fR +.TP 0.2i +\(bu \fIusername level\fR .TP 0.2i \(bu @@ -1754,7 +1757,7 @@ cannot be immediately satisfied, Samba 2.2 will internally queue the lock request, and periodically attempt to obtain the lock until the timeout period expires. -If this parameter is set to false, then +If this parameter is set to no, then Samba 2.2 will behave as previous versions of Samba would and will fail the lock request immediately if the lock range cannot be obtained. @@ -1767,7 +1770,7 @@ See the \fI browseable\fR. \fBbrowse list (G)\fR This controls whether \fBsmbd(8)\fR will serve a browse list to a client doing a \fBNetServerEnum\fR call. Normally -set to true. You should never need to change +set to yes. You should never need to change this. Default: \fBbrowse list = yes\fR @@ -2416,11 +2419,11 @@ Example: \fBdelete user script = /usr/local/samba/bin/del_user This option is used when Samba is attempting to delete a directory that contains one or more vetoed directories (see the \fIveto files\fR -option). If this option is set to false (the default) then if a vetoed +option). If this option is set to no (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 +If this option is set to yes, 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 @@ -2642,7 +2645,7 @@ Default: \fBno domain guests\fR Example: \fBdomain guest group = nobody @guest\fR .TP \fBdomain logons (G)\fR -If set to true, the Samba server will serve +If set to yes, the Samba server will serve Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the \fIworkgroup\fR it is in. Samba 2.2 also has limited capability to act as a domain controller for Windows NT 4 Domains. For more details on setting up this feature see @@ -2739,7 +2742,7 @@ file they can change the timestamp on it. Under POSIX semantics, only the owner of the file or root may change the timestamp. By default, Samba runs with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the timestamp on a file if the user \fBsmbd\fR is acting -on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to true allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file +on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to yes allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file timestamp as DOS requires. Default: \fBdos filetimes = no\fR @@ -3080,7 +3083,7 @@ This is a tuning option. When this is enabled a caching algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd() calls. This can have a significant impact on performance, especially when the \fIwide links\fR -parameter is set to false. +parameter is set to no. Default: \fBgetwd cache = yes\fR .TP @@ -3179,7 +3182,7 @@ Default: \fBhide unreadable = no\fR .TP \fBhomedir map (G)\fR If\fInis homedir -\fRis true, and \fBsmbd(8)\fR is also acting +\fRis yes, and \fBsmbd(8)\fR is also acting as a Win95/98 \fIlogon server\fR then this parameter specifies the NIS (or YP) map from which the server for the user's home directory should be extracted. At present, only the Sun @@ -3616,7 +3619,7 @@ Currently, if \fIkernel oplocks\fR are supported then level2 oplocks are not granted (even if this parameter is set to yes). Note also, the \fIoplocks\fR -parameter must be set to true on this share in order for +parameter must be set to yes on this share in order for this parameter to have any effect. See also the \fIoplocks\fR @@ -3629,10 +3632,10 @@ Default: \fBlevel2 oplocks = yes\fR This parameter determines if \fBnmbd(8)\fR will produce Lanman announce broadcasts that are needed by OS/2 clients in order for them to see the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter can have three -values, true, false, or +values, yes, no, or auto. The default is auto. -If set to false Samba will never produce these -broadcasts. If set to true Samba will produce +If set to no Samba will never produce these +broadcasts. If set to yes Samba will produce Lanman announce broadcasts at a frequency set by the parameter \fIlm interval\fR. If set to auto Samba will not send Lanman announce broadcasts by default but will @@ -3672,13 +3675,13 @@ Default: \fBload printers = yes\fR .TP \fBlocal master (G)\fR This option allows \fB nmbd(8)\fR to try and become a local master browser -on a subnet. If set to false then \fB nmbd\fR will not attempt to become a local master browser +on a subnet. If set to no then \fB nmbd\fR will not attempt to become a local master browser on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By -default this value is set to true. Setting this value to true doesn't +default this value is set to yes. Setting this value to yes doesn't mean that Samba will \fBbecome\fR the local master browser on a subnet, just that \fBnmbd\fR will \fB participate\fR in elections for local master browser. -Setting this value to false will cause \fBnmbd\fR +Setting this value to no will cause \fBnmbd\fR \fBnever\fR to become a local master browser. Default: \fBlocal master = yes\fR @@ -5023,7 +5026,7 @@ is a full stop ".", then no string is sent. Similarly, if the expect string is a full stop then no string is expected. If the \fIpam -password change\fR parameter is set to true, the chat pairs +password change\fR parameter is set to yes, the chat pairs may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result, not any particular output. The \\n macro is ignored for PAM conversions. @@ -5071,7 +5074,7 @@ of mixed case chars and digits. This can pose a problem as some clients it. \fBNote\fR that if the \fIunix -password sync\fR parameter is set to true +password sync\fR parameter is set to yes then this program is called \fBAS ROOT\fR before the SMB password in the smbpasswd(5) file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then @@ -5082,7 +5085,7 @@ If the \fIunix password sync\fR parameter is set this parameter \fBMUST USE ABSOLUTE PATHS\fR for \fBALL\fR programs called, and must be examined for security implications. Note that by default \fIunix -password sync\fR is set to false. +password sync\fR is set to no. See also \fIunix password sync\fR. @@ -5324,7 +5327,7 @@ Default: \fBpreexec close = no\fR This boolean parameter controls if nmbd(8) is a preferred master browser for its workgroup. -If this is set to true, on startup, \fBnmbd\fR +If this is set to yes, on startup, \fBnmbd\fR will force an election, and it will have a slight advantage in winning the election. It is recommended that this parameter is used in conjunction with \fB\fI domain master\fB = yes\fR, so that \fB nmbd\fR can guarantee becoming a domain master. @@ -5463,7 +5466,7 @@ specified for the service. Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to the service path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling -of print data. The \fIwriteable +of print data. The \fIread only \fRparameter controls only non-printing access to the resource. @@ -5714,7 +5717,7 @@ Default: \fBread bmpx = no\fR \fBread list (S)\fR This is a list of users that are given read-only access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then -they will not be given write access, no matter what the \fIwriteable\fR +they will not be given write access, no matter what the \fIread only\fR option is set to. The list can include group names using the syntax described in the \fI invalid users\fR parameter. @@ -5726,7 +5729,17 @@ Default: \fBread list = \fR Example: \fBread list = mary, @students\fR .TP \fBread only (S)\fR -Note that this is an inverted synonym for \fIwriteable\fR. +An inverted synonym is \fIwriteable\fR. + +If this parameter is yes, then users +of a service may not create or modify files in the service's +directory. + +Note that a printable service (\fBprintable = yes\fR) +will \fBALWAYS\fR allow writing to the directory +(user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations. + +Default: \fBread only = yes\fR .TP \fBread raw (G)\fR This parameter controls whether or not the server @@ -5828,10 +5841,10 @@ is in fact the browse master on its segment. Default: \fBremote browse sync = \fR.TP \fBrestrict anonymous (G)\fR -This is a boolean parameter. If it is true, then +This is a boolean parameter. If it is yes, then anonymous access to the server will be restricted, namely in the case where the server is expecting the client to send a username, -but it doesn't. Setting it to true will force these anonymous +but it doesn't. Setting it to yes will force these anonymous connections to be denied, and the client will be required to always supply a username and password when connecting. Use of this parameter is only recommended for homogeneous NT client environments. @@ -5841,7 +5854,7 @@ on the username (%U, %G, etc) consistent. NT 4.0 likes to use anonymous connections when refreshing the share list, and this is a way to work around that. -When restrict anonymous is true, all anonymous connections +When restrict anonymous is yes, all anonymous connections are denied no matter what they are for. This can effect the ability of a machine to access the Samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate its machine account after someone else has logged on the client @@ -6098,7 +6111,7 @@ parameter. .PP This mode will only work correctly if smbpasswd(8) has been used to add this machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the \fIencrypted passwords\fR -parameter to be set to true. In this +parameter to be set to yes. In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly the same way that a Windows NT Server would do. @@ -6743,10 +6756,10 @@ Default: \fBstrip dot = no\fR \fBsync always (S)\fR This is a boolean parameter that controls whether writes will always be written to stable storage before -the write call returns. If this is false then the server will be +the write call returns. If this is no then the server will be guided by the client's request in each write call (clients can set a bit indicating that a particular write should be synchronous). -If this is true then every write will be followed by a \fBfsync() +If this is yes then every write will be followed by a \fBfsync() \fRcall to ensure the data is written to disk. Note that the \fIstrict sync\fR parameter must be set to yes in order for this parameter to have @@ -6845,7 +6858,7 @@ Default: \fBunix extensions = no\fR This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed. -If this is set to true the program specified in the \fIpasswd +If this is set to yes the program specified in the \fIpasswd program\fRparameter is called \fBAS ROOT\fR - to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no @@ -6918,7 +6931,7 @@ Default: \fBuse client driver = no\fR This global parameter determines if the tdb internals of Samba can depend on mmap working correctly on the running system. Samba requires a coherent mmap/read-write system memory cache. Currently only HPUX does not have such a -coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to false by +coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to no by default on HPUX. On all other systems this parameter should be left alone. This parameter is provided to help the Samba developers track down problems with the tdb internal code. @@ -6926,7 +6939,7 @@ the tdb internal code. Default: \fBuse mmap = yes\fR .TP \fBuse rhosts (G)\fR -If this global parameter is true, it specifies +If this global parameter is yes, it specifies that the UNIX user's \fI.rhosts\fR file in their home directory will be read to find the names of hosts and users who will be allowed access without specifying a password. @@ -6939,6 +6952,17 @@ you are doing. Default: \fBuse rhosts = no\fR .TP +\fBuse sendfile (S)\fR +If this parameter is yes, and Samba +was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating +system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX +and ReadRaw) will use the more efficient sendfile system call for files that +are exclusively oplocked. This may make more efficient use of the system CPU's +and cause Samba to be faster. This is off by default as it's effects are unknown +as yet. + +Default: \fBuse sendfile = no\fR +.TP \fBuser (S)\fR Synonym for \fI username\fR. .TP @@ -7113,7 +7137,7 @@ Example: \fBusername map = /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map \fR.TP \fButmp (G)\fR This boolean parameter is only available if -Samba has been configured and compiled with the option \fB --with-utmp\fR. If set to true then Samba will attempt +Samba has been configured and compiled with the option \fB --with-utmp\fR. If set to yes then Samba will attempt to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the user connecting to a Samba share. @@ -7329,7 +7353,7 @@ necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the \fBgetpwent()\fR and \fBendpwent()\fR group of system calls. If the \fIwinbind enum users\fR parameter is -false, calls to the \fBgetpwent\fR system call +no, calls to the \fBgetpwent\fR system call will not return any data. \fBWarning:\fR Turning off user @@ -7348,7 +7372,7 @@ necessary to suppress the enumeration of groups through the \fBgetgrent()\fR and \fBendgrent()\fR group of system calls. If the \fIwinbind enum groups\fR parameter is -false, calls to the \fBgetgrent()\fR system +no, calls to the \fBgetgrent()\fR system call will not return any data. \fBWarning:\fR Turning off group @@ -7400,9 +7424,9 @@ Users without a domain component are treated as is part of the winbindd server's own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system. -Default: \fBwinbind use default domain = +Default: \fBwinbind use default domain = \fR -Example: \fBwinbind use default domain = true\fR +Example: \fBwinbind use default domain = yes\fR .TP \fBwins hook (G)\fR When Samba is running as a WINS server this @@ -7479,9 +7503,9 @@ Example: \fBwins server = 192.9.200.1\fR \fBwins support (G)\fR This boolean controls if the nmbd(8) process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should -not set this to true unless you have a multi-subnetted network and +not set this to yes unless you have a multi-subnetted network and you wish a particular \fBnmbd\fR to be your WINS server. -Note that you should \fBNEVER\fR set this to true +Note that you should \fBNEVER\fR set this to yes on more than one machine in your network. Default: \fBwins support = no\fR @@ -7528,7 +7552,7 @@ for a 256k cache size per file. \fBwrite list (S)\fR This is a list of users that are given read-write access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then -they will be given write access, no matter what the \fIwriteable\fR +they will be given write access, no matter what the \fIread only\fR option is set to. The list can include group names using the @group syntax. @@ -7543,7 +7567,7 @@ Default: \fBwrite list = Example: \fBwrite list = admin, root, @staff \fR.TP \fBwrite ok (S)\fR -Synonym for \fI writeable\fR. +Inverted synonym for \fI read only\fR. .TP \fBwrite raw (G)\fR This parameter controls whether or not the server @@ -7553,17 +7577,7 @@ You should never need to change this parameter. Default: \fBwrite raw = yes\fR .TP \fBwriteable (S)\fR -An inverted synonym is \fIread only\fR. - -If this parameter is no, then users -of a service may not create or modify files in the service's -directory. - -Note that a printable service (\fBprintable = yes\fR) -will \fBALWAYS\fR allow writing to the directory -(user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations. - -Default: \fBwriteable = no\fR +Inverted synonym for \fI read only\fR. .SH "WARNINGS" .PP Although the configuration file permits service names -- 2.11.4.GIT