HP CIFS Client A.01.09 Administrator's Guide, August 2003

Configuration File
Configuration Variables
Chapter 788
mtabName This string variable defines the
hostnameused in mount table entries
and in the output of mount(1M) and
bdf(1M). If it is set to the null string:
mtabName = “ “
the entry is displayed in the stardard
UNIX format for mounted
filesystems.
connectTimeout This integer variable defines the
maximumtime in milliseconds that is
waited for a connection to succeed.
You probably have to increase the
time if you are on a slow network.
The default is 2000ms (2 seconds).
requestTimeout This integer variable defines the
maximum time in milliseconds a
server response may take (if the
connection is already established).
The default is 60000ms (60 seconds).
authenticationLevel
This entry specifies the method that
the HP CIFS Client should use to
authenticate users to the CIFS
server. Allowed values are ntlm or
kerberos. If the value is set to
ntlm, only the NTLM protocol will
be used for logins to the server. If the
value is set to kerberos, then if the
server supports Kerberos, only
Kerberos will be used for logins.
Otherwise, NTLM will be used.
nfsTimeout This integer variable defines the
initial timeout in 1/10 seconds that is
used by the kernel when it requests
data from HP CIFSClient. This value
is doubled on each retry. Together
with nfsRetransmit, this defines the