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Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
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Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown
April 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
142 pages
4h 54m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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write cache size = number
Allowable values: decimal number of bytes
Default:
0
(disabled)
Allocates a write buffer of the specified size in which Samba accu-
mulates data before a write to disk. This option can be used to
ensure that each write has the optimal size for a given filesystem.
It is typically used with RAID drives, which have a preferred write
size, and with systems that have large memory and slow disks.
write list = user list
Allowable values: user list
Default: (null)
Specifies a list of users that are given read/write access to a read-
only share. See also
read list.
write ok = boolean
Allowable values:
YES
,
NO
Default:
YES
Synonym for writable.
write raw = boolean
Allowable values:
YES
,
NO
[global]
Default:
YES
Allows fast-streaming writes over TCP using 64KB buffers.
Recommended.
Glossary of Configuration
Value Types
boolean
One of two values, either
YES or NO.
character
A single ASCII character.
command
A Unix script or compiled program, with an absolute
path specified for the executable and parameters.
Glossary of Configuration Value Types
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directory
An absolute path specification to a directory. For exam-
ple:
/usr/local/samba/lib
filename
An absolute path specification to a file. For example:
/etc/printcap
host list
A list of hosts. Allows IP addresses, address masks,
domain names, ...
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