smb.conf changes
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+As the most popular Samba install platforms (Linux and FreeBSD) both
+support extended attributes by default, the parameters "map readonly",
+"store dos attributes" and "ea support" have had their defaults changed
+to allow better Windows fileserver compatibility in a default install.
+
Parameter Name Description Default
-------------- ----------- -------
-
+ map readonly Default changed no
+ store dos attributes Default changed yes
+ ea support Default changed yes
KNOWN ISSUES
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attribute.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The default has changed to no in Samba release 4.9.0 and above to allow better Windows
+ fileserver compatibility in a default install. In addition the default setting of
+ <smbconfoption name="store dos attributes"/> has been changed to <constant>Yes</constant>
+ in Samba release 4.9.0 and above.
+ </para>
+
</description>
-<value type="default">yes</value>
+<value type="default">no</value>
</samba:parameter>
extended attribute by earlier versions of Samba, but they will not be able to read the create
time stored there. Storing the create time separately from the normal filesystem meta-data
allows Samba to faithfully reproduce NTFS semantics on top of a POSIX filesystem.
+
+ The default has changed to yes in Samba release 4.9.0 and above to allow better Windows
+ fileserver compatibility in a default install.
</para>
</description>
-<value type="default">no</value>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
</samba:parameter>
access to this tight space via extended attribute support could consume all
of it by unsuspecting client applications, which would prevent changing
system metadata due to lack of space.
+
+ The default has changed to yes in Samba release 4.9.0 and above to allow better Windows
+ fileserver compatibility in a default install.
</para>
</description>
-<value type="default">no</value>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
</samba:parameter>
lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "strict sync", "yes");
- lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "map readonly", "yes");
+ lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "map readonly", "no");
lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "allow trusted domains", "yes");
lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "check parent directory delete on close", "no");
+ lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "ea support", "yes");
+
+ lpcfg_do_global_parameter(lp_ctx, "store dos attributes", "yes");
+
for (i = 0; parm_table[i].label; i++) {
if (!(lp_ctx->flags[i] & FLAG_CMDLINE)) {
lp_ctx->flags[i] |= FLAG_DEFAULT;
.map_system = false,
.map_hidden = false,
.map_archive = true,
- .store_dos_attributes = false,
+ .store_dos_attributes = true,
.dmapi_support = false,
.locking = true,
.strict_locking = Auto,
._use_sendfile = false,
.map_acl_inherit = false,
.afs_share = false,
- .ea_support = false,
+ .ea_support = true,
.acl_check_permissions = true,
.acl_map_full_control = true,
.acl_group_control = false,
.allocation_roundup_size = SMB_ROUNDUP_ALLOCATION_SIZE,
.aio_read_size = 1,
.aio_write_size = 1,
- .map_readonly = MAP_READONLY_YES,
+ .map_readonly = MAP_READONLY_NO,
.directory_name_cache_size = 100,
.smb_encrypt = SMB_SIGNING_DEFAULT,
.kernel_share_modes = true,