samba - Oct 2010 - writable = yes for Profiles in smb.conf.default

Hello all

I'm suggesting to add line 'writable = yes' for Profiles share in
file examples/smb.conf.default.
Then the complete share def looked like

;[Profiles]
;    path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
;    browseable = no
;    guest ok = yes
;    writable = yes

The reason is simply I spent two days figuring out why my Samba PDC did not
work.
That line was missing. Not very clever, I know. (Profile share must be writable
if used)
Still I'd like to save others from the same error.

Regards 
Benedikt
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Benedikt Panzer
<Benedikt_Panzer at gmx.de> wrote:
> I'm suggesting to add line 'writable = yes' for Profiles share
in file examples/smb.conf.default.
> Then the complete share def looked like
I'd vote for "read only = no" - as the man page seems to indicate
that
"read only" is the "preferred" synonym - by not describing
it as a
synonym.

I'd like to see the complete removal of the synonyms from smb.conf.
With "writable" as a synonym for "writeable" which is an
inverted
synonym for "read only" I've seen shares in smb.conf's that
use both
instead of one or the other. And even examples/smb.conf.default uses a
mixture of "read only" and "writable" (although not in the
same
share).

I think the plethora of synonyms for smb.conf cause confusion and
assist in the creation of mistakes. Time to clean up this mess, decide
on the preferred synonyms and deprecate the others, with testparm
warnings, followed by removal a couple of releases later.

Chris