HP CIFS Server Release Notes version A.03.02.
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Contents 1 HP CIFS Server Version A.03.02.00 Release Notes.........................................4 Announcement.........................................................................................................................4 What's new in HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00..................................................................................4 Product revision number.............................................................................................................
1 HP CIFS Server Version A.03.02.00 Release Notes Announcement This document describes HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 changes, defect fixes, and other information. HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 is supported on HP-UX 11i v3. What's new in HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 • HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 is based on open source samba-3.6.6. CAUTION: HP supports only the HP CIFS Server binaries delivered by HP. You must use the swinstall utility to formally install versions of HP CIFS Server.
• Simplified Identity Mapping For this release, ID mapping has been rewritten yet again with the goal of making the configuration simpler and more coherent while keeping the needed flexibility and even adding to the flexibility in some respects. • Caching of user credentials by winbind Winbind allows to logon using cached credentials. Installation and patch requirements for HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 Operating system requirements HP CIFS Server A.03.02.
Parameter Name Description Default multicast dns register New Yes ncalrpc dir New send spnego principal New No smb2 max credits New 128 smb2 max read New 1048576 smb2 max trans New 1048576 smb2 max write New 1048576 state directory New /var/opt/samba/locks cache directory New /var/opt/samba/locks registry shares New No winbind reconnect delay New 30 winbind expand groups New 1 winbind rpc only New No access based share enum New No dedicated keytab file New sm
Parameter Name Description Default max stat cache size Changed default 256 preferred master Changed default No idmap backend Changed default tdb idmap cache time Changed default 604800 wide links Changed default No ldap ssl Modified start tls allocation roundup size Modified 1048576 kernel oplocks Modified Yes idmap alloc backend Removed use kerberos keytab Removed read bmpx Removed mangled map Removed kernel share modes Removed Defect fixes in HP CIFS Server Table 1 Def
Table 3 Defects fixed in HP CIFS Server Version A.03.01.04 (continued) Identifier Description Resolution QXCR1001121562 The HP CIFS Server does not support This issue is fixed in this release. winbind nested groups and this is documented in the HP CIFS Server Administrators Guide. Starting with HP CIFS server version A.02.04.xx onwards, the default value for winbind nested groups is changed from no to yes.
Table 4 Defects fixed in HP CIFS Server Version A.03.01.03 (continued) Identifier Description Resolution • vfs_shadow_copy.8 • vfs_shadow_copy2.8 • winbind_krb5_locator.7 NOTE: In addition to the auditing manpages, other functionality manpages that are not supported by HP CIFS Server are also removed. QXCR1001115123 If a CIFS share is used as a This issue is fixed in this release. mountpoint for both nfs and autofs, the DNS lookup incorrectly takes the autofs map file as a hostname.
This is a timing issue that can happen when the system is under load. This is because idmap lookup winbindd process gets spawned before the parent process is finished registering all the trusted domains. Workaround Open a duplicate window and run id domain\\username. Issue QXCR1001254022 During normal operation of HP CIFS Server A.03.02.00 and A.03.01.05 on HP-UX 11iv3, the following message is seen in logs in various sizes and in different tdb files on HP-UX 11iv3systems.
Issue QXCR1001258828 The wbinfo command fails sometimes when a large number of users or groups (~32k users or groups) are in a trusted domain. Workaround No known workaround exists. Issue If the libnss_wins NSS library is used, then the sh_load() error message is returned. Workaround The libnss_wins NSS library is not tested. Therefore, it must not be used. The library will be removed in the future versions of the product.
Entry: MultiUserEnabled Value: 1 NOTE: Do not install the Q818528 hotfix on a system running Windows 2003. This hotfix only applies to Windows 2000. For more information, see the Microsoft Q818528 article: http://support.microsoft.com/ Issue The The file may have been changed error message appears when you save an Excel file to Samba. The error message also provides choices to either save a copy or overwrite changes.
Issue Use the useradd command to add the POSIX machine account with a $ at the end to the /etc/ passwd file for HP CIFS Server to recognize it as a machine account. The pwck command might display the following error message: Login directory not found The above error indicates that the home directory does not exist. Workaround Use the -m option with useradd when adding a POSIX machine account. If the home directory does not exist for the new account, it is created.
2 Related Documentation To obtain the documents, refer to the following sources and then select HP-UX Common Internet File System (CIFS) Client/Server Software: • HP CIFS Server Administrators Guide, is available at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs • Release Notes for this version and for previous versions of HP CIFS Server are available at: www.hp.
