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Using Samba
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Using Samba

by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly
November 1999
Beginner to intermediate
413 pages
16h 7m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Recently Added Options

Samba has several options that appeared around the time of Samba 2.0, but are not entirely supported. However, we will give you a brief overview of their workings in this section. These options are shown in Table 8.9.

Table 8-9. Recently Added Options

Option

Parameters

Function

Default

Scope

change notify timeout

numerical (number of seconds)

Sets the interval between checks when a client asks to wait for a change in a specified directory.

60

Global

machine password timeout

numerical (number of seconds)

Sets the renewal interval for NT domain machine passwords.

604,800 (1 week )

Global

stat cache

boolean

If yes, Samba will cache recent name mappings.

yes

Global

stat cache size

numerical

Sets the size of the stat cache.

50

Global

change notify timeout

The change notify timeout global option emulates a Windows NT SMB feature called change notification . This allows a client to request that a Windows NT server periodically monitor a specific directory on a share for any changes. If any changes occur, the server will notify the client.

As of version 2.0, Samba will perform this function for its clients. However, performing these checks too often can slow the server down considerably. This option sets the time period that Samba should wait between such checks. The default is one minute (60 seconds); however, you can use this option to specify an alternate time that Samba should wait between performing checks:

[global] change ...
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