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smb.conf: writable or writeable?

bavel

smb.conf: writable or writeable?
« on: May 01, 2004, 06:56:14 PM »
When I use 'Roaming profiles', a Profiles-section is added to smb.conf with a line "writeable = yes".
When I specify that the server is a PDC, a netlogon-section is added to smb.conf with a line "writable = yes". Considering that there may be only one correct spelling of the word writeable; which one is in error?; and does it matter in the use of smb.conf?

CH Cheah

smb.conf: writable or writeable?
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2004, 01:00:48 AM »
Plucked from RedHat Linux 6 Unleashed

read Only= Versus writeable= Versus writable= Versus write ok= (S)

writeable= , writable=, and write ok= are synonyms, meaning they completely substitute for each other. read only= is an inverted synonym for writeable=, writable=, and write ok=, meaning that a read only=yes substitutes for a writeable=no, and a read only=no substitutes for a writeable=yes, and so on. Only one of these four options needs to specify whether a share is writeable. If this option is specified in the [global] section, it serves as a default for all shares. (This is true of all options that can be put in share definitions.) Note that these options can be overridden by the write list= option.

read only=no
writeable=yes
writable=yes
write ok=yes

All four mean the same thing and are interchangeable. The default is read only=yes.

bavel

smb.conf: writable or writeable?
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2004, 08:26:32 AM »
Thank you.