[Samba] nfs4:acedup question: inconsistent documentation?

Rowland penny
Fri, 07 May 2021 18:33:22 -0000

On 07/05/2021 08:07, Remy Zandwijk via samba wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According the the release notes of Samba 4.12.0, the default setting of
nfs4:acedup has been changed to 'merge' (see:
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4.12_Features_added/changed#smb.conf_changes
<https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4.12_Features_added/changed#smb.conf_changes>).
>
> However, the manpage on
https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/vfs_zfsacl.8.html
<https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/vfs_zfsacl.8.html>
tells me that the default setting is 'dontcare'. The manpage is valid
for Samba 4.13.3, according to the text in the 'VERSION' section.
>
>
> What to believe? The manpage or the release notes?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Remy
>
>
You need to believe the release notes, the default has changed to
'merge'. The manpage needs updating.

Rowland