[PATCH] s3: introduce new share parameter "open special files"

[Ralph Wuerthner]

On Sat, 04 May 2013 08:11:59 +1200
Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:

> Having Samba be the 'last line of defence' in this situation seems
> wrong.  If these can somehow be created unsafely (backups of remote
> sytstems for example), why not mount with 'nodev' and have the kernel
> enforce this for everyone, and for all remote file servers, such as
> http, afp and ftp?

I didn't thought of the 'nodev' option. But you're right, this would
serve the same purpose - thanks!

... unless you like to control this on a per share basis without
worrying about the file system where your share is located. But I
cannot think of a use case where this would be required.

Regards

	Ralph