vfs_shadow_copy2 configuration

[Dan Cohen1]

Hi,

I had some problems with vfs_shadow_copy2 where I couldn't see my 
snapshots in the windows "Restore previous versions"  tab.
After some debugging I realized that the shadow:snapdir parameter does not 
support absolute paths anymore. 
I saw this post https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2013-May/173098.html 
regarding this issue but this still raise the question: is this a bug or 
is it an intended behavior? 
I couldn't find any ticket regarding this issue in the bugzila and this is 
not documented in the man page or in the code. Actually the comment in the 
head of the vfs_shadow_copy2.c file still states that absolute paths are 
supported with shadow:snapdir. 
Also, in the same matter, after looking at the code it seems  that 
shadow:basedir is not in use anymore. Again this is not documented. And 
again my question: is this a bug or is in purpose? (or am I missing 
something?)

Thanks,
Dan Cohen
IBM - XIV, Israel
NAS Development Team