Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > and simply state (perhaps) > > "Remote and mandatory locking semantics may vary with SMB protocol, > mount options and server type. See mount.cifs(8) for additional > information." This would be the complete addition to the man page? I feel like we should at least say it is *likely* that: - locks will be mandatory - flock() is emulated via fnctl() and so they interact with each other Which are the 2 aspects that really diverges from the expected behaviour of flock() and likely to hit people in the wild. Mentionning this will send people trying to debug their app in the right direction. Cheers, -- Aurélien Aptel / SUSE Labs Samba Team GPG: 1839 CB5F 9F5B FB9B AA97 8C99 03C8 A49B 521B D5D3 SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Felix Imendörffer, Mary Higgins, Sri Rasiah HRB 247165 (AG München)