The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
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…
vfs_fruit – Enhanced OS X and Netatalk interoperability Synopsis vfs objects = fruit Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_fruit module provides enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver. The module should be stacked with vfs_catia if enabling character conversion and must be…
vfs_fileid – Generates file_id structs with unique device id values for cluster setups Synopsis vfs objects = fileid Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. Samba uses file_id structs to uniquely identify files for locking purpose. By default the file_id contains the device and inode number returned by the stat() system call….
vfs_fake_perms – enable read only Roaming Profiles Synopsis vfs objects = fake_perms Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_fake_perms VFS module was created to allow Roaming Profile files and directories to be set (on the Samba server under UNIX) as read only. This module will, if installed on the Profiles…
vfs_extd_audit – record selected Samba VFS operations Synopsis vfs objects = extd_audit Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The extd_audit VFS module records selected client operations to both the smbd(8) log and system log (using syslog(3)). Other than logging to the smbd(8) log, vfs_extd_audit is identical to vfs_audit(8). This module is…
vfs_dirsort – Sort directory contents Synopsis vfs objects = dirsort Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_dirsort module sorts directory entries alphabetically before sending them to the client. Please be aware that adding this module might have negative performance implications for large directories. Examples Sort directories for all shares: [global]…
vfs_default_quota – store default quota records for Windows clients Synopsis vfs objects = default_quota Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. Many common quota implementations only store quotas for users and groups, but do not store a default quota. The vfs_default_quota module allows Samba to store default quota values which can be…
vfs_crossrename – server side rename files across filesystem boundaries Synopsis vfs objects = crossrename Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_crossrename VFS module allows server side rename operations even if source and target are on different physical devices. A "move" in Explorer is usually a rename operation if it is…
vfs_commit – flush dirty data at specified intervals Synopsis vfs objects = commit Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The vfs_commit VFS module keeps track of the amount of data written to a file and synchronizes it to disk when a specified amount accumulates. vfs_commit is useful in two circumstances. First,…
vfs_catia – translate illegal characters in Catia filenames Synopsis vfs objects = catia Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. The Catia CAD package commonly creates filenames that use characters that are illegal in CIFS filenames. The vfs_catia VFS module implements a character mapping so that these files can be shared with…
vfs_cap – CAP encode filenames Synopsis vfs objects = cap Description This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. CAP (Columbia Appletalk Protocol) encoding is a technique for representing non-ASCII filenames in ASCII. The vfs_cap VFS module translates filenames to and from CAP format, allowing users to name files in their native encoding. CAP…