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2.\" Title: vfs_crossrename
3.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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5.\" Date: 10/29/2012
6.\" Manual: System Administration tools
7.\" Source: Samba 3.6
8.\" Language: English
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10.TH "VFS_CROSSRENAME" "8" "10/29/2012" "Samba 3\&.6" "System Administration tools"
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21.SH "NAME"
22vfs_crossrename \- server side rename files across filesystem boundaries
23.SH "SYNOPSIS"
24.HP \w'\ 'u
25vfs objects = crossrename
26.SH "DESCRIPTION"
27.PP
28This VFS module is part of the
29\fBsamba\fR(7)
30suite\&.
31.PP
32The
33vfs_crossrename
34VFS module allows server side rename operations even if source and target are on different physical devices\&. A "move" in Explorer is usually a rename operation if it is inside of a single share or device\&. Usually such a rename operation returns NT_STATUS_NOT_SAME_DEVICE and the client has to move the file by manual copy and delete operations\&. If the rename by copy is done by the server this can be much more efficient\&. vfs_crossrename tries to do this server\-side cross\-device rename operation\&. There are however limitations that this module currently does not solve:
35.PP
36.RS 4
37
38 the ACLs of files are not preserved
39 .RE
40.PP
41.RS 4
42
43 meta data in EAs are not preserved
44 .RE
45.PP
46.RS 4
47
48 renames of whole subdirectories cannot be done recursively,
49 in that case we still return STATUS_NOT_SAME_DEVICE and
50 let the client decide what to do
51 .RE
52.PP
53.RS 4
54
55 rename operations of huge files can cause hangs on the
56 client because clients expect a rename operation to
57 return fast
58 .RE
59.PP
60This module is stackable\&.
61.SH "OPTIONS"
62.PP
63crossrename:sizelimit = BYTES
64.RS 4
65server\-side cross\-device\-renames are only done for files if the filesize is not larger than the defined size in MiB to prevent timeouts\&. The default sizelimit is 20 (MiB)
66.RE
67.SH "EXAMPLES"
68.PP
69To add server\-side cross\-device renames inside of a share for all files sized up to 50MB:
70.sp
71.if n \{\
72.RS 4
73.\}
74.nf
75 \fI[testshare]\fR
76 \m[blue]\fBpath = /data/mounts\fR\m[]
77 \m[blue]\fBvfs objects = crossrename\fR\m[]
78 \m[blue]\fBcrossrename:sizelimit = 50\fR\m[]
79.fi
80.if n \{\
81.RE
82.\}
83.SH "VERSION"
84.PP
85This man page is correct for version 3\&.6\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
86.SH "AUTHOR"
87.PP
88The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
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