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diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_fruit.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_fruit.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2ebfae --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_fruit.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,449 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<refentry id="vfs_fruit.8"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>vfs_fruit</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>vfs_fruit</refname> + <refpurpose>Enhanced OS X and Netatalk interoperability</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>vfs objects = fruit</command> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This VFS module is part of the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para>The <command>vfs_fruit</command> module provides + enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and + interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver.</para> + + <para>The module should be stacked with + <command>vfs_catia</command> if enabling character conversion and + must be stacked with <command>vfs_streams_xattr</command>, see the + example section for the correct config.</para> + + <para>The module enables alternate data streams (ADS) support + for a share, intercepts the OS X special streams "AFP_AfpInfo" + and "AFP_Resource" and handles them in a special way. All + other named streams are deferred to + <command>vfs_streams_xattr</command> which must be loaded + together with <command>vfs_fruit</command>.</para> + + <para>Be careful when mixing shares with and without + vfs_fruit. OS X clients negotiate SMB2 AAPL protocol + extensions on the first tcon, so mixing shares with and + without fruit will globally disable AAPL if the first tcon is + without fruit.</para> + + <para>Having shares with ADS support enabled for OS X client + is worthwhile because it resembles the behaviour of Apple's + own SMB server implementation and it avoids certain severe + performance degradations caused by Samba's case sensitivity + semantics.</para> + + <para>The OS X metadata and resource fork stream can be stored + in a way compatible with Netatalk 3 by setting + <command>fruit:resource = file</command> and + <command>fruit:metadata = netatalk</command>.</para> + + <para>OS X maps NTFS illegal characters to the Unicode private + range in SMB requests. By setting <command>fruit:encoding = + native</command>, all mapped characters are converted to + native ASCII characters.</para> + + <para>Finally, share access modes are optionally checked + against Netatalk AFP sharing modes by setting + <command>fruit:locking = netatalk</command>.</para> + + <para>This module is not stackable other than described in + this manpage.</para> + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>GLOBAL OPTIONS</title> + + <para>The following options must be set in the global smb.conf section + and won't take effect when set per share.</para> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:aapl = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>A <emphasis>global</emphasis> option whether to enable Apple's SMB2+ + extension codenamed AAPL. Default + <emphasis>yes</emphasis>. This extension enhances + several deficiencies when connecting from Macs:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>directory enumeration is enriched with + Mac relevant filesystem metadata (UNIX mode, + FinderInfo, resource fork size and effective + permission), as a result the Mac client doesn't need + to fetch this metadata individually per directory + entry resulting in an often tremendous performance + increase.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The ability to query and modify the + UNIX mode of directory entries.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>There's a set of per share options that come into play when + <emphasis>fruit:aapl</emphasis> is enabled. These options, listed + below, can be used to disable the computation of specific Mac + metadata in the directory enumeration context, all are enabled by + default:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>readdir_attr:aapl_rsize = yes | no</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>readdir_attr:aapl_finder_info = yes | no</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>readdir_attr:aapl_max_access = yes | no</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>See below for a description of these options.</para> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:nfs_aces = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>A <emphasis>global</emphasis> option whether support for + querying and modifying the UNIX mode of directory entries via NFS + ACEs is enabled, default <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:copyfile = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>A <emphasis>global</emphasis> option whether to enable OS X + specific copychunk ioctl that requests a copy of a whole file + along with all attached metadata.</para> + <para>WARNING: the copyfile request is blocking the + client while the server does the copy.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:model = MacSamba</term> + <listitem> + <para>This option defines the model string inside the AAPL + extension and will determine the appearance of the icon representing the + Samba server in the Finder window.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>MacSamba</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <para>The following options can be set either in the global smb.conf section + or per share.</para> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:resource = [ file | xattr | stream ]</term> + <listitem> + <para>Controls where the OS X resource fork is stored.</para> + + <para>Due to a spelling bug in all Samba versions older then + 4.6.0, this option can also be given as + <emphasis>fruit:ressource</emphasis>, ie with two s.</para> + + <para>Settings:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>file (default)</command> - use a ._ + AppleDouble file compatible with OS X and + Netatalk</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>xattr</command> - use a + xattr, requires a filesystem with large xattr support + and a file IO API compatible with xattrs, this boils + down to Solaris and derived platforms and + ZFS</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>stream (experimental)</command> - pass + the stream on to the next module in the VFS stack. + <emphasis>Warning: </emphasis> this option should not be used + with the <emphasis>streams_xattr</emphasis> module due to the + extended attributes size limitations of most + filesystems.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:time machine = [ yes | no ]</term> + <listitem> + <para>Controls if Time Machine support via the FULLSYNC volume + capability is advertised to clients.</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>yes</command> - Enables Time Machine + support for this share. Also registers the share with mDNS in + case Samba is built with mDNS support.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>no (default)</command> Disables + advertising Time Machine support.</para></listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + <para>This option enforces the following settings per share (or + for all shares if enabled globally):</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>durable handles = yes</command></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>kernel oplocks = no</command></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>kernel share modes = no</command></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>posix locking = no</command></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:time machine max size = SIZE [K|M|G|T|P]</term> + <listitem> + <para>Useful for Time Machine: limits the reported disksize, thus + preventing Time Machine from using the whole real disk space for + backup. The option takes a number plus an optional unit.</para> + <para><emphasis>IMPORTANT</emphasis>: This is an approximated + calculation that only takes into account the contents of Time + Machine sparsebundle images. Therefore you <emphasis>MUST + NOT</emphasis> use this volume to store other content when using + this option, because it would NOT be accounted.</para> + <para>The calculation works by reading the band size from the + Info.plist XML file of the sparsebundle, reading the bands/ + directory counting the number of band files, and then multiplying + one with the other.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:metadata = [ stream | netatalk ]</term> + <listitem> + <para>Controls where the OS X metadata stream is stored:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>netatalk (default)</command> - use + Netatalk compatible xattr</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>stream</command> - pass the + stream on to the next module in the VFS + stack</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:locking = [ netatalk | none ]</term> + <listitem> + <para></para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>none (default)</command> - no + cross protocol locking</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>netatalk</command> - use + cross protocol locking with Netatalk</para></listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:encoding = [ native | private ]</term> + <listitem> + + <para>Controls how the set of illegal NTFS ASCII + character, commonly used by OS X clients, are stored in + the filesystem.</para> + + <para><emphasis>Important:</emphasis> this is known to not fully + work with <emphasis>fruit:metadata=stream</emphasis> or + <emphasis>fruit:resource=stream</emphasis>.</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para><command>private (default)</command> - + store characters as encoded by the OS X client: mapped + to the Unicode private range</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><command>native</command> - store + characters with their native ASCII + value. <emphasis>Important</emphasis>: this option + requires the use of <emphasis>vfs_catia</emphasis> in + the VFS module stack as shown in the examples + section.</para></listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:veto_appledouble = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> this option only applies when + <parameter>fruit:resource</parameter> is set to + <parameter>file</parameter> (the default).</para> + + <para>When <parameter>fruit:resource</parameter> is set to + <parameter>file</parameter>, vfs_fruit may create ._ AppleDouble + files. This options controls whether these ._ AppleDouble files + are vetoed which prevents the client from accessing them.</para> + <para>Vetoing ._ files may break some applications, e.g. + extracting Mac ZIP archives from Mac clients fails, + because they contain ._ files. <command>rsync</command> will + also be unable to sync files beginning with underscores, as + the temporary files it uses for these will start with ._ and + so cannot be created.</para> + <para>Setting this option to + false will fix this, but the abstraction leak of + exposing the internally created ._ files may have other + unknown side effects.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:posix_rename = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Whether to enable POSIX directory rename behaviour + for OS X clients. Without this, directories can't be + renamed if any client has any file inside it + (recursive!) open.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>readdir_attr:aapl_rsize = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Return resource fork size in SMB2 FIND responses.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>readdir_attr:aapl_finder_info = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Return FinderInfo in SMB2 FIND responses.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>readdir_attr:aapl_max_access = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Return the user's effective maximum permissions in SMB2 FIND + responses. This is an expensive computation, setting this to off + pretends the use has maximum effective permissions.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Whether to wipe Resource Fork data that matches the special + 286 bytes sized placeholder blob that macOS client create on + occasion. The blob contains a string <quote>This resource fork + intentionally left blank</quote>, the remaining bytes being mostly + zero. There being no one use of this data, it is probably safe to + discard it. When this option is enabled, this module truncates the + Resource Fork stream to 0 bytes.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Whether to delete empty AppleDouble files. Empty means that + the resource fork entry in the AppleDouble files is of size 0, or + the size is exactly 286 bytes and the content matches a special + boilerplate resource fork created my macOS.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:zero_file_id = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Whether to return zero to queries of on-disk file + identifier if the client has negotiated AAPL.</para> + <para>Mac applications and / or the Mac SMB client code expect the + on-disk file identifier to have the semantics of HFS+ Catalog Node + Identifier (CNID). Samba provides File-IDs based on a file's inode + number which gets recycled across file creation and deletion and + can therefor not be used for Mac client. Returning a file identifier of + zero causes the Mac client to stop using and trusting the file id + returned from the server.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>fruit:convert_adouble = yes | no</term> + <listitem> + <para>Whether an attempt shall be made to convert ._ AppleDouble + sidecar files to native streams (xattrs when using + vfs_streams_xattr). The main use case for this conversion is + transparent migration from a server config without streams support + where the macOS client created those AppleDouble sidecar + files.</para> + <para>The default is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>EXAMPLES</title> + +<programlisting> + <smbconfsection name="[share]"/> + <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">catia fruit streams_xattr</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="fruit:resource">file</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="fruit:metadata">netatalk</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="fruit:locking">netatalk</smbconfoption> + <smbconfoption name="fruit:encoding">native</smbconfoption> +</programlisting> + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para>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.</para> + +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |