[Samba] Support for persistent handles

Ralph Boehme slow at samba.org
Tue Jan 7 22:15:34 UTC 2025


Hi!

On 1/7/25 7:03 PM, ., Srikanth N S via samba wrote:
> This is regarding support for persistent handles
> (SMB2_DHANDLE_FLAG_PERSISTENT). We wanted SAMBA share to be
> continuously available and hence we have set “smb3 share
> cap:continuous availability = yes” in smb.conf.
Beware!: these are hackish options that merely enable setting protocol 
capability bits on the wire while the required server behavior is NOT 
implemented in Samba as of now.

Persistent Handles and SMB3 Transparent failover is one of the features 
funded by STF and is planned for being worked on this year and next.

-slow

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