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<samba:parameter name="strict allocate"
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xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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<para>This is a boolean that controls the handling of
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disk space allocation in the server. When this is set to <constant>yes</constant>
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the server will change from UNIX behaviour of not committing real
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disk storage blocks when a file is extended to the Windows behaviour
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of actually forcing the disk system to allocate real storage blocks
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when a file is created or extended to be a given size. In UNIX
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terminology this means that Samba will stop creating sparse files.
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This can be slow on some systems.</para>
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<para>When strict allocate is <constant>no</constant> the server does sparse
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disk block allocation when a file is extended.</para>
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<para>Setting this to <constant>yes</constant> can help Samba return
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out of quota messages on systems that are restricting the disk quota
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<value type="default">no</value>