[PATCH] s3: introduce new share parameter "open special files"
Ralph Wuerthner
ralphw at de.ibm.com
Mon May 6 07:18:01 MDT 2013
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
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