vfs_fileid - Generates file_id structs with unique device id values for cluster setups
vfs objects = fileid
System Administration tools VFS_FILEID(8) NAME vfs_fileid - Generates file_id structs with unique device id values for cluster setups SYNOPSIS vfs objects = fileid DESCRIPTION This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite. Samba uses file_id structs to uniquely identify files for locking purpose. By default the file_id contains the device and inode number returned by the stat() system call. As the file_id is a unique identifier of a file, it must be the same on all nodes in a cluster setup. This module overloads the SMB_VFS_FILE_ID_CREATE() operation and generates the device number based on the configured algorithm (see the "fileid:algorithm" option). OPTIONS fileid:algorithm = ALGORITHM Available algorithms are fsname and fsid. The default value is fsname. The fsname algorithm generates device id by hashing the kernel device name. The fsid algorithm generates the device id from the f_fsid returned from the statfs() syscall. fileid:mapping = ALGORITHM This option is the legacy version of the fileid:algorithm option, which was used in earlier versions of fileid mapping feature in custom Samba 3.0 versions. EXAMPLES Usage of the fileid module with the fsid algorithm: [global] vfs objects = fileid fileid:algorithm = fsid VERSION This man page is correct for version 3.2 of the Samba suite. AUTHOR The 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. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+-----------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Availability | service/network/samba | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+-----------------------+ NOTES This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.7.6.tar.gz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.samba.org/. Samba 4.7 08/01/2018 VFS_FILEID(8)