From b742c4952e1df7a898a73330e9c01a8f48a557b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volker Lendecke Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:47:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] s3-docs: Add more verbose description of "log writeable files on exit". --- docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml index 1c754578035..9d2b7509438 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml @@ -5,10 +5,17 @@ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> - This boolean option controls whether at exit time the server - dumps a list of files with debug level 0 that were still open - for write. This is an administrative aid to find the files - that were potentially corrupt if the network connection died. + When the network connection between a CIFS client and Samba + dies, Samba has no option but to simply shut down the server + side of the network connection. If this happens, there is a + risk of data corruption because the Windows client did not + complete all write operations that the Windows application + requested. Setting this option to "yes" makes smbd log with + a level 0 message a list of all files that have been opened + for writing when the network connection died. Those are the + files that are potentially corrupted. It is meant as an aid + for the administrator to give him a list of files to do + consistency checks on. -- 2.11.4.GIT