HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 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 for HP-UX 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 is included in the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release. It is a
feature release that delivers new enhancements and defect fixes. This release contains
the following new enhancements:
• MS Distributed File System (DFS) Support: DFS for the Microsoft Windows Server
operating systems is a network server component that enables system
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 space.
• Dynamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM) Support: The kernel component of
the HP CIFS Client is implemented as a dynamically linked kernel module to
support both static binding and dynamic loading. With DLKM support, installation,
removal, and update of the HP CIFS Client do not require a system re-boot. The HP
CIFS Client supports the following kernel module states:
—Auto
—Static
—Loaded
—Unused
—Best
You may use the kcmodule command to change the kernel configuration state. The
kernel state is “auto” by default. Refer to the manpage kcmodule (1M) for details.
• New Manual Pages: This release provides the following manpages for the HP CIFS
Client:
— cifsclient (1M)
— cifsdb (1M)
— cifslist (1)