3.6.0 MxFS for CIFS Administration Guide (5697-7082, December 2007)

Chapter 2: Introduction 6

A Linux client implemented in Java is available at this location:

http://jcifs.samba.org/

In addition to interoperating with DFS, Linux clients can also connect

directly to Virtual File Shares. (See “Linux Clients” on page 34 for more

information.)

NOTE: The Samba smbcacls utility can be helpful for Linux clients that

need to handle Windows DACLs on PSFS filesystems. See the

Samba smbcacls man page for details.

Mac SMB Clients

A software update for Mac SMB clients is available at the following

location:

http://www.admitmac.com

Name Resolution

Virtual CIFS Server deployments work with FQDN (DNS resolution) or

IP address, but do not work with NetBIOS name resolution of

non-qualified NetBIOS names (including WINS and NetBT broadcasts). If

clients will be using non-qualified NetBIOS names, you must use Matrix

File Shares and DFS load balancing for high availability, instead of the

Virtual CIFS Server deployment method.

NOTE: By default, NetBIOS name resolution order is used on clients if the

name does not contain a dot. If the name does contain a dot,

hostname resolution order is used. Also, if DNS resolution fails

because of improper network or DNS setup, during host name

resolution the client will resort to NetBIOS name resolution

methods including WINS and NetBT broadcasts, which could

result in incorrect name resolution for VFS names.

User Authentication and Security

Matrix Server uses Windows credentials to authorize access to the matrix.

By default, members of the machine local Administrators group have

access to the matrix and can perform all matrix operations, including