HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Disk and File Management
HP CIFS Client
Chapter 5
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Obsolescence
AutoFS (see “AutoFS” on page 110) is the replacement for the Automounter, which has
been obsoleted from HP-UX 11i v2 forward. All users of this facility will need to migrate
to use AutoFS.
If you were using the old Automounter previously, you should not see any difference
when using AutoFS. Therefore, no migration tool is necessary.
HP CIFS Client
The HP CIFS Client allows HP-UX users to mount as UNIX filesystems shares from
CIFS file servers, including Windows servers, HP-UX machines running HP CIFS
Server, Linux system running Samba, and others.
Summary of Change
The HP CIFS Client A.01.09 provides the following new features and bug fixes:
• Kerberos Authentication - This release provides Kerberos authentication within the
cifslogin and cifsmount commands.
• Integration with System Kerberos Cache - This release 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 could be created in
etc/mnttab, thus causing duplicate entries to be displayed in the output of mount.
• Resolve of the defect of CIFS mounts becoming unuseable - This fix eliminates the
cause of a rare problem wherein a CIFS mount could become inaccessible under
certain conditions.
For more information about new features of this release, please see the User Manual
Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client, available in the “Networking and
Communications” section at http://www.docs.hp.com, and in the product directory
/opt/cifsclient/HP_Docs.
Impact
This release provides security, reliability, and interoperability enhancements to the HP
CIFS Client.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.