Files with the offline DOS attribute are handled differently by the Windows SMB client, as well as by Windows Explorer. In particular, Windows Explorer does not read those files for the sole purpose of drawing a thumbnail, as it normally does. This can improve user experience with some remote file systems.

EXAMPLES
Mark all files in a share as offline:

    [remote]
vfs objects = offline

VERSION
This man page is part of version 4.25.0 of the Samba suite.