HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Administrator's Guide

Commandline Utilities

cifsdb

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cifsdb

Synopsis

cifsdb [-d] {<mount_point|server>}

Description

The cifsdb command is used to add, modify and delete entries in CIFS

Client databases. The entries allow CIFS mounts and logins to be

performed automatically, as described below.

CIFS Mounts

If a shared directory on a CIFS server has been mounted at mount_point,

then cifsdb mount_point saves the mount-point, server,

shared-directory names, and other pertinent information in the CIFS

Client mount database ﬁle, /var/opt/cifsclient/cfgdb.ppl, such that the

mount can be re-established automatically whenever the CIFS Client is

started. If an entry already exits for this mount-point in the database, it

is replaced. mount_point must be absolute path. Only users with root

privileges may manage CIFS mounts database entries.

The HP CIFS Client supports similar functionality through the standard

UNIX /etc/fstab mechanism, see “Using /etc/fstab” on page 36 or

fstab(4) for details.

CIFS Logins

If a user has established a CIFS login session at server through the NTLM

authentication protocol, then if that user invokes cifsdb server, the

NTLM hash of the user’s password and other information pertinent to the

cifsclient.udb, such that the user can subsequently be automatically logged

in to server. If an entry already exists for this user-server pair in the

database, it is replaced.