HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

HP CIFS Server
The HP CIFS Server product implements many Windows Server features on HP-UX. The Microsoft
Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, sometimes called Server Message Block (SMB),
is a Windows network protocol for remote file access. Because the HP CIFS Server gives HP-UX
access to the CIFS protocol, it enables HP-UX systems to interoperate with PC clients running
Microsoft Windows NT, XP, 2000/2003 and HP-UX machines running HP CIFS Client software.
The HP CIFS Server provides file sharing, printer access and authentication services to CIFS
clients.
Summary of Change
HP CIFS Server 3.0h version A.02.03.02 is delivered in the HP-UX 11i v2 December 2007 release.
The product version A.02.03.02 is based on Samba 3.0.22 with 3.0.25 selected fixes; it mainly
delivers two security fixes for CVE-2007-2447 (SSRT071424) and CVE-2007-2446 (SSRT071424),
and the following enhancement:
• Enhance the wbinfo tool with two new options, -c and -C, which can be used to display
the total number of users or groups for a domain.
For detailed information on changes and defect fixes, refer to the HP CIFS Server Administrator's
Guide and Release Notes, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html (navigate to CIFS).
Impact
This release of HP CIFS Server provides security fixes and an enhancement.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
The implementation of HP CIFS Server A.02.03.02 does not degrade performance.
Documentation
For more information, refer to the following documentation:
• The following Samba books, which are provided with the HP CIFS Server product and are
accessible through the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) home page, or can be
accessed directly at /opt/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf and
/opt/samba/swat/help from an HP CIFS Server system:
— Samba book, The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide
— Samba book, Samba-3 by Example
• The following HP CIFS Server documents, which can be found at
http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html (navigate to CIFS):
— HP CIFS Server 3.0g Administrator's Guide version A.02.03.01
— HP CIFS Server 3.0h Release Note version A.02.03.02
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP-UX Memory File System
Memory Filesystem provides users with a filesystem that is memory-based. The filesystem offers
great performance boost as the disk updations of data and metadata are avoided (unless there
is high memory pressure). In the case of heavy memory pressure, data is paged to the system
swap device.
138 Disk and File Management