HP CIFS Client A.01.09.03 Release Notes, October 2004

HP CIFS Client A.01.09.03
Features and Fixes in Recent Releases
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NOTE If you have not customized your configuration file in any way, you can simply
copy cifsclient.cfg.default over your existing cifsclient.cfg.
Use the following instructions to change to the new configuration parameters:
1. Change the value of runAsUser to runAsUser = “root”. runAsUser is in the global
settings near the beginning of the file. Changing this value to = ”root” allows the HP
CIFS client to create a core file in case of an unexpected abort.
2. Change the value of requestTimeout to 60 seconds (the value is specified in milliseconds,
so requestTimeout = 60000). requestTimeout is in the “defaultServer = {...}”
section at approximately line 208.
3. Add the following nfsAttributeCaching entry in the “defaultServer” section:
nfsAttributeCaching = no. Adding this value will have no effect if you are not
upgrading to the current version of the HP CIFS client. nfsAttributeCaching can = yes
or no.
Benefits and Features
See the Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client manual for details on the following
features. The latest version can be found at http://docs.hp.com
• Integration with Unix mount commands
The mount(1M)and umount(1M)commands can now be used for operations on CIFS file
systems.
• Support for Internationalized Clients
A variety of internationalized clients can be supported with the HP CIFS Client through
the use of either Unicode or any of several character-mapping files provided in
/etc/opt/cifsclient/unitables.
• Support for Advanced Server for Unix (ASU) and Windows 2000
The HP CIFS Client has been tested and is supported with the following servers:
— HP HP CIFS Server (HP Samba)
— HP ASU/9000
— Windows NT