+Mailing list again [global] # Default is yes. You can also use veto oplock files on individual # shares instead. kernel oplocks would be implicitly disabled if you # set oplocks to no. oplocks = no # Default is yes. level2 oplocks = no
[share] # Where needed - default is enabled. posix locking = no man smb.conf has a good description of all these options along with their default values. Ray On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 01:16:29PM +0000, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) wrote: > Ray, > > Thanks... > But what are the global settings syntaxes to disable these ? > Kernel Oplocks = [No, False, 0] ?? > Oplocks = [No, False, 0] > Is level II oplocks then covered ?? > > What are the defaults, if no setting is added to the global config. > Are the defaults dependent on OS-version, Sambar-version, Kernel-version ? > > Unfortunately Samba manuals are rather fuzy about this. > > Carel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Van Dolson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: woensdag 15 oktober 2014 15:07 > To: Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: Samba and Oplocks > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 08:50:06AM +0000, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > We are in the process of transfering our fileservers to a new > > OS-version. > > > > Installed latest OS 6.5 and the current Samba3-version, which is Samba > > 3.6.9. Data folders are on XFS filesystem. Data folders are exported > > as NFS3-shares to an SSL-login server > > > > Data folders are exported as Samba-shares to several different > > clients: - windows7, ubuntu, SL6x, MacOSX > > > > Now it seems that some of the windows7-clients see files as being > > read-only because they seem to be locked. I've read a lot of > > different info about file locking in Samba, but information seems very > > confusing. > > > > So,my question is, considering the environment of mixed clients over > > CIFS and NFS, what is the preferable Samba-setting for locks, > > Kernel_oplocks, Oplocks etc ? > > > > If anyone has a lot of samba experience, please share your thoughts on > > this subject. > > > > Regards, > > Carel van der Werf > > This has been discussed a few times on the Samba mailing list. > > My recommendations are to disable oplocks and level2 oplocks > explicitly at the global level. > > In some cases you'll want to disable posix locks at the share level. > > Ray
