Section 8: administration and privileged commands
vfs_streams_depot – EXPERIMENTAL module to store alternate data streams in a central directory. Synopsis vfs objects = streams_depot Description This EXPERIMENTAL VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_streams_depot enables storing of NTFS alternate data streams in the file system. As a normal posix file system does not support the concept of multiple…
vfs_snapper – Expose snapshots managed by snapper as shadow-copies Synopsis vfs objects = snapper Description This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite. The vfs_snapper VFS module exposes snapshots managed by snapper for use by Samba. This provides the ability for remote SMB clients to access shadow-copies via Windows Explorer using the "previous versions"…
vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer – log Samba VFS read and write operations through a socket to a helper application Synopsis vfs objects = smb_traffic_analyzer Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer VFS module logs client file operations on a Samba server and sends this data over a socket to a helper program (in…
vfs_shell_snap – Shell script callouts for snapshot creation and deletion Synopsis vfs objects = shell_snap Description This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite. The vfs_shell_snap VFS provides shell-script callouts for snapshot creation and deletion operations issued by remote clients using the File Server Remote VSS Protocol (FSRVP). The following shell callouts may be…
vfs_shadow_copy2 – Expose snapshots to Windows clients as shadow copies. Synopsis vfs objects = shadow_copy2 Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_shadow_copy2 VFS module offers a functionality similar to Microsoft Shadow Copy services. When set up properly, this module allows Microsoft Shadow Copy clients to browse through file system snapshots…
vfs_shadow_copy – Expose snapshots to Windows clients as shadow copies. Synopsis vfs objects = shadow_copy Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_shadow_copy VFS module functionality that is similar to Microsoft Shadow Copy services. When setup properly, this module allows Microsoft Shadow Copy clients to browse "shadow copies" on Samba shares….
vfs_scannedonly – Ensures that only files that have been scanned for viruses are visible and accessible to the end user. Synopsis vfs objects = scannedonly Description This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite. The vfs_scannedonly VFS module ensures that only files that have been scanned for viruses are visible and accessible to the…
vfs_recycle – Samba VFS recycle bin Synopsis vfs objects = recycle Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_recycle intercepts file deletion requests and moves the affected files to a temporary repository rather than deleting them immediately. This gives the same effect as the Recycle Bin on Windows computers. The Recycle…
vfs_readonly – make a Samba share read only for a specified time period Synopsis vfs objects = readonly Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_readonly VFS module marks a share as read only for all clients connecting within the configured time period. Clients connecting during this time will be denied…
vfs_readahead – pre-load the kernel buffer cache Synopsis vfs objects = readahead Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. This vfs_readahead VFS module detects read requests at multiples of a given offset (hex 0x80000 by default) and then tells the kernel via either the readahead system call (on Linux) or the posix_fadvise…
vfs_preopen – Hide read latencies for applications reading numbered files Synopsis vfs objects = preopen Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. This module assists applications that want to read numbered files in sequence with very strict latency requirements. One area where this happens in video streaming applications that want to read…
vfs_prealloc – preallocate matching files to a predetermined size Synopsis vfs objects = prealloc Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_prealloc VFS module preallocates files to a specified size each time a new file is created. This is useful in environments where files are of a predetermined size will be…
vfs_offline – Mark all files as offline Synopsis vfs objects = offline Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_offline module marks all files in the share as having the offline DOS attribute. Files with the offline DOS attribute are handled differently by the Windows SMB client, as well as by…
vfs_notify_fam – FAM support for file change notifications Synopsis vfs objects = notify_fam Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_notify_fam module makes use of the system FAM (File Alteration Monitor) daemon to implement file change notifications for Windows clients. FAM is generally present only on IRIX and some BSD systems….
vfs_netatalk – hide .AppleDouble files from CIFS clients Synopsis vfs objects = netatalk Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_netatalk VFS module dynamically hides .AppleDouble files, preventing spurious errors on some CIFS clients. .AppleDouble files may be created by historic implementations of AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) on servers. This module…
vfs_media_harmony – Allow multiple Avid clients to share a network drive. Synopsis vfs objects = media_harmony Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_media_harmony VFS module allows Avid editorial workstations to share a network drive. It does this by: 1. Giving each client their own copy of the Avid msmMMOB.mdb and…
vfs_linux_xfs_sgid Synopsis vfs objects = linux_xfs_sgid Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. vfs_linux_xfs_sgid is a VFS module to work around an old Linux XFS bug that still exists: Under certain circumstances the SGID bit is not inherited (http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280). The vfs_linux_xfs_sgid VFS module will work around this bug by manually setting the…
vfs_gpfs – gpfs specific samba extensions like acls and prealloc Synopsis vfs objects = gpfs Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The gpfs VFS module is the home for all gpfs extensions that Samba requires for proper integration with GPFS. It uses the GPL library interfaces provided by GPFS. Currently the…
vfs_glusterfs – Utilize features provided by GlusterFS Synopsis vfs objects = glusterfs Description This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite. GlusterFS (http://www.gluster.org) is an Open Source clustered file system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. With its FUSE based native client, GlusterFS is available as a POSIX compliant file system and can hence…
vfs_full_audit – record Samba VFS operations in the system log Synopsis vfs objects = full_audit Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_full_audit VFS module records selected client operations to the system log using syslog(3). vfs_full_audit is able to record the complete set of Samba VFS operations: chdir chflags chmod chmod_acl…