CIFS Server Release Notes (5900-2581, January 2013)

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:

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.

Issue

The delete operation on a large number of files from a directory takes a long time to complete.

Workaround

Close Windows Explorer after the delete process is started. Beginning with A.02.03.01, another

workaround is to set the change notify timeout smb.conf parameter to 0. When set to

0, change notification messages are not sent and long delays do not occur. Clients must initiate

updates to view changes (by pressing F5) that might have occurred on the file share. Beginning

with A.02.03.01, the change notify timeout parameter moves from a global to share level

parameter. The change notify timeout parameter is not available starting from A.02.04.

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