HP-UX 11i December 2006 Release Notes

Disk and File Management
HP CIFS Client
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HP CIFS Client
CIFS is the native networking protocol on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The
HP CIFS products provide a wide range of integration strategies for HP-UX and
Windows. The HP CIFS Client enables the HP-UX host to mount directories shared by
remote CIFS servers (Windows, HP-UX, and other server platforms on which CIFS has
been implemented). The HP CIFS Server enables the HP-UX host to provide access to its
own shared directories by remote CIFS clients (Windows, HP-UX, and other CIFS
clients); it emulates Windows file and print services. The HP CIFS Client bundle also
includes PAM-NTLM, a “pluggable authentication module” that allows HP-UX logins to
be authenticated by a centralized service on a CIFS domain.
Summary of Change
HP CIFS Client A.02.02.01 contains several enhancements and defect fixes in addition
to the new features provided in HP CIFS Client A.02.02.
HP CIFS Client A.02.02 provides the following major new features:
• MS Distributed File System (DFS) Support
This release of HP CIFS Client supports Microsoft Distributed File System (MS
DFS). DFS for the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems is a network server
component that enables administrators to build a single, hierarchical view of
multiple file servers and file server shares on their network. DFS is a means for
uniting files on different computers into a single name spaces.
•New manual pages
This release provides manpages for the HP CIFS Client. They are cifsclient (1M),
cifsdb (1M), cifslist (1), cifslogin (1), cifslogout (1), cifsmount (1M), cifsumount (1M),
mount_cifs (1M), umount_cifs (1M). Refer to the manpages for details.
• New Configuration Parameters
The following parameters are new in this release. Refer to Chapter 7, “Configuration
File” in the HP CIFS Client Administrator’s Guide for details.
— mnttabPrefix
— allowBackslashesInPaths
— fileCreateMask
— oldUdbEncrypt
— preventCreationEnable, preventCreationPattern
— unixExtensions
— smbOverTCP
For detailed information about new enhancements, changes and defect fixes of HP
CIFS Client A.02.02, refer to the HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Administrator’s Guide and
Release Notes.
HP CIFS Client A.02.02.01 contains the following enhancements and changes:
•New cifslogout -a (all) option