1 <samba:parameter name="locking"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
7 <para>This controls whether or not locking will be
8 performed by the server in response to lock requests from the
11 <para>If <command moreinfo="none">locking = no</command>, all lock and unlock
12 requests will appear to succeed and all lock queries will report
13 that the file in question is available for locking.</para>
15 <para>If <command moreinfo="none">locking = yes</command>, real locking will be performed
18 <para>This option <emphasis>may</emphasis> be useful for read-only
19 filesystems which <emphasis>may</emphasis> not need locking (such as
20 CDROM drives), although setting this parameter of <constant>no</constant>
21 is not really recommended even in this case.</para>
23 <para>Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a
24 specific service, as lack of locking may result in data corruption.
25 You should never need to set this parameter.</para>
28 <value type="default">yes</value>