HP-UX 11i June 2004 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Version 1 Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i v1 Foundation Operating Environment
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HP CIFS Client and HP CIFS Server
With HP CIFS Client and HP CIFS Server, HP provides a Common Internet File System
(CIFS), the Microsoft protocol for remote file access. CIFS is built into all recent
Windows operating systems, including Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and 2000. By providing
both server and client, CIFS enables file and print interoperability for environments
with a mix of UNIX and Windows platforms.
The HP CIFS Server provides file sharing, printer access and authentication services to
CIFS clients including Microsoft Windows NT, XP, and 2000, and HP-UX machines
running HP CIFS Client software.
For the most recent information on HP CIFS Client and HP CIFS Server, see the release
notes and other documents listed under the following “Documentation” section.
updated for June
2004
HP CIFS Client has been updated to version A.01.09.01 to incorporate defect fixes.
updated for
December 2003
The new version of HP CIFS Server 2.2g (version A.01.10) is based on Samba 2.2.8a. It
contains defect fixes and the following new enhancements:
• Provides the SWAT wizard tool for users to configure the smb.conf file and
minimize the smb.conf file size.
• Includes changes to support manipulating POSIX directory ACLs from Windows
2000 and XP Clients using the Windows ACL Advanced interface
(Directory->Properties->Security Tab->Advanced Button).
• Includes changes to support the following new configuration parameter:
— max connections per client
updated for
September 2003
The HP CIFS Client A.01.09 provides the following new features and defect fixes:
• Kerberos Authentication, integration with System Kerberos Cache:
This release provides Kerberos authentication within the cifslogin and cifsmount
commands, and provides a method for automatic CIFS logins by integrating CIFS
authentication with programs that utilize the system Kerberos cache, such as PAM
Kerberos and kinit.
• Added support for new infolevel for FIND_FIRST and FIND_NEXT SMBs:
An enhancement has been implemented that improves interoperability with
third-party CIFS Servers that do not support older SMB infolevels.
• Fix for duplicate /etc/mnttab entries:
This fix eliminates a problem where, in certain instances, duplicate entries for
CIFS-mounted filesystems can be created in /etc/mnttab, thus causing duplicate
entries to be displayed in the output of mount.
• Resolved defect of CIFS mounts becoming unusable:
This fix eliminates a cause of a rare problem wherein a CIFS mount can become
inaccessible under certain conditions.
• Enhancements to PAM NTLM:
PAM NTLM now supports the ignore option, as well as per-user configuration within
the pam_user.conf and pam_updbe framework.