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6 vfs_ceph - Utilize features provided by CephFS
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12 This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite.
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14 The vfs_ceph VFS module exposes CephFS specific features for use by
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17 Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent
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19 allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a
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22 This module can be combined with other modules, but it should be the
23 last module in the vfs objects list. Modules added to this list to the
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26 vfs_ceph performs mapping between Windows and POSIX Access Control
27 Lists (ACLs). To ensure correct processing and enforcement of POSIX
28 ACLs, the following Ceph configuration parameters are automatically
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36 vfs_ceph requires that the underlying share path is a Ceph filesystem.
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46 Ceph filesystem on the attached Ceph cluster. In a ctdb cluster
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56 Allows one to define a ceph configfile to use. Empty by default.
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58 Example: ceph:config_file = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
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67 This man page is part of version 4.17.5 of the Samba suite.
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70 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
71 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
72 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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76Samba 4.17.5 01/26/2023 VFS_CEPH(8)