From 1d30755fded29cd5dc63bee0d2b6427cb8f9ad8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Allison Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:10:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 4.2 WHATSNEW. Announce SMB2 leases support. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison --- WHATSNEW.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index e8d4bcb..a3b1fad 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -285,6 +285,19 @@ For this reason the default is "no", and it is recommended to be left that way unless a specific Windows application requires it to be changed. +New feature - SMB2 leases +========================= + +The SMB2 protocol allows clients to aggressively cache files +locally above and beyond the caching allowed by SMB1 and SMB2 oplocks. + +Called SMB2 leases, this can greatly reduce traffic on an SMB2 +connection. Samba 4.2 now implements SMB2 leases. + +It can be turned on by setting the parameter "smb2 leases = yes" +in the [global] section of your smb.conf. This parameter is set +to off by default until the SMB2 leasing code is declared fully stable. + ###################################################################### Changes ####### -- 2.1.0.rc2.206.gedb03e5