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Samba 3.5.0: Initial import
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| 1 | This is the base of the new NTVFS subsystem for Samba. The model for | 
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| 2 | NTVFS backends is quite different than for the older style VFS | 
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| 3 | backends, in particular: | 
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| 5 | - the NTVFS backends receive windows style file names, although they | 
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| 6 | are in the unix charset (usually UTF8). This means the backend is | 
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| 7 | responsible for mapping windows filename conventions to unix | 
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| 8 | filename conventions if necessary | 
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| 10 | - the NTVFS backends are responsible for changing effective UID before | 
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| 11 | calling any OS local filesystem operations (if needed). The | 
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| 12 | become_*() functions are provided to make this easier. | 
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| 14 | - the NTVFS backends are responsible for resolving DFS paths | 
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| 16 | - each NTVFS backend handles either disk, printer or IPC$ shares, | 
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| 17 | rather than one backend handling all types | 
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| 19 | - the entry points of the NTVFS backends correspond closely with basic | 
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| 20 | SMB operations, wheres the old VFS was modelled directly on the | 
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| 21 | POSIX filesystem interface. | 
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| 23 | - the NTVFS backends are responsible for all semantic mappings, such | 
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| 24 | as mapping dos file attributes, ACLs, file ownership and file times | 
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