HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Administrator's Guide

Installing, Conﬁguring, and Using the HP CIFS Client

Using the HP CIFS Client

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Using the HP CIFS Client

This section presents summary of how the HP CIFS Client can be used.

The basic procedure is (1) start the daemon, (2) mount shared

directories, (3) log in to CIFS Servers. Following are examples of these

steps and some additional useful tips:

1. Start the daemon.

Normally the system administrator, logged in as root, enters this

command at system startup:

$ cifsclient start

CIFS Client started; process id: 12783

To check status at any time:

$ cifsclient status

path: /opt/cifsclient/sbin/cifsclientd

version: FILESET HP CIFS CLIENT: Version: A.02.01

Compiled on HP-UX B.11.11, s785/C360, 03/05/30,

13:34:15

cifsclientd: ver_id=1291218999

cksum: 2781544263

status: CIFS Client is up; process id 12783,

started Apr 13

mntck: ok

You can conﬁgure your HP-UX system to start the CIFS Client

automatically at bootup by editing the ﬁle /etc/rc.conﬁg.d/cifsclient

such that the run ﬂag is set to 1: RUN_CIFSCLIENT=1. There must

be no spaces on either side of the equal sign. If you use this option,

you can still stop and restart the HP CIFS Client after the system

boots up.

2. Mount and unmount shares on a CIFS server.

This must be done by root. Remote directories to be mounted by the

HP CIFS Client must be conﬁgured as shares on the HP CIFS server.

In the following example, the share source, conﬁgured as a share on

the HP CIFS server buildsys, is mounted by the CIFS Client using

the directory /home/devl/source as the mount point. The directory

used as the mount point must already exist and must be speciﬁed as

an absolute path.