From: Christof Schmitt Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:32:58 +0000 (-0700) Subject: WHATSNEW: Document changes for "kernel share modes" X-Git-Tag: ldb-2.5.0~653 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d40f57321a12c28840cdd2efd3e0e8f21855b6d4;p=thirdparty%2Fsamba.git WHATSNEW: Document changes for "kernel share modes" Signed-off-by: Christof Schmitt Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison Autobuild-User(master): Jeremy Allison Autobuild-Date(master): Wed Sep 15 00:04:47 UTC 2021 on sn-devel-184 --- diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index fe9eff8ba59..b585e2e20a1 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -33,12 +33,23 @@ installed in /var/lib/samba/private/certs. REMOVED FEATURES ================ +No longer using Linux mandatory locks for sharemodes +==================================================== + +smbd mapped sharemodes to Linux mandatory locks. This code in the Linux kernel +was broken for a long time, and is planned to be removed with Linux 5.15. This +Samba release removes the usage of mandatory locks for sharemodes and the +"kernel share modes" config parameter is changed to default to "no". The Samba +VFS interface is kept, so that file-system specific VFS modules can still use +private calls for enforcing sharemodes. + smb.conf changes ================ Parameter Name Description Default -------------- ----------- ------- + kernel share modes New default No KNOWN ISSUES