[Samba] oplocks, kernel oplocks, kernel share modes, .. - how it all works?

[Rowland Penny]

On 20/01/2023 09:40, Michael Tokarev via samba wrote:
> 20.01.2023 12:21, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>> you shouldn't locally modify files on a Samba share. This is because 
>> Samba has no way of knowing that said files have been modified locally.
> 
> This defeats the whole purpose of samba as INTEROPERABILITY suite for *nix,
> to begin with.
> 
> There are numerous mechanisms exists on linux to know the file has been 
> modified,
> so the statement about samba having no way of knowing that is wrong.
> 
> /mjt
> 

If you don't want to believe me, go and read this:

https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2022-December/243469.html

Rowland