[Samba] "locking = no" - netlogon share for PDC

[Felipe Augusto van de Wiel]

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On 01/29/2007 05:45 PM, ryan punt wrote:
> What does the list think of setting "locking = no" on 
> the netlogon share for a PDC? The man page for smb.conf
> says we should never need to set the parameter, but
> given that it's a read-only share for most users, I
> have a hard time discerning any downside to this.
> 
> Thoughts?

	The manpage also says that you can use it for
read-only filesystem (not shares) like CD-ROMs, but even
on that cases it is not recommended.

	I don't see much a reason to disable locking. :)

	Specially because it could lead to data corruption.


> Ryan

	Kind regards,

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