HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Release Notes, April 2006

Improved encryption of user passwords
This release includes a more robust encryption method for user passwords in memory.
New Configuration Parameters
The following parameters are new in HP CIFS Client A.02.02. Refer to Chapter 7, “Configuration File” in
the HP CIFS Client Administrator's Guide for detailed information.
• mnttabPrefix
If set to yes, the identifier [cifs] is prefixed to listings of mounted CIFS file systems in /etc/mnttab
and the output of mount(1M), and bdf(1M): [cifs]server:/share. If set to no, the standard
UNIX format is used: server:/share". The default setting is no.
• allowBackslashesInPaths
This is a boolean variable with default setting no. If set to yes, DOS-style backslashes can be used to
refer to paths on CIFS servers. The first backslash in the path must refer to a file or subdirectory at least
one level below the root of the share, and backslashes must be protected from interpretation by the
shell. For example, the following path references are recognized:
'/local_mountpoint/dir_at_top_level_of_share\subdir\file'
/local_mountpoint/dir_at_top_level_of_share\\subdir\\file
but this is not valid:
'/local_mountpoint\dir_at_top_level_of_share\subdir\file'
The standard UNIX forward-slash path delimiter is always recognized:
/local_mountpoint/dir_at_top_level_of_share/subdir/file
• fileCreateMask
This variable allows you to specify a mask for the UNIX permissions mode of a file upon creation. The
actual mode of the new file will be the result of the logical OR of the mask and the default mode for
the operation. The default value of fileCreateMask is 0, which does not affect the file creation
mode. Refer to the man page umask(1) for more information.
• oldUdbEncrypt
The encryption method used for the user database file (UDB) is enhanced in CIFS Client version A.02.02
such that the file can be reused after back-ups and restores. This feature is enabled by default. However,
due to this enhancement, UDBs from version A.02.01 are not compatible with later CIFS Client binaries.
In order for CIFS Client A.02.02 or later to use an older UDB, oldUdbEncrypt must be set to yes.
• preventCreationEnable, preventCreationPattern
These parameters can be used to prevent creation of files on CIFS servers that match a given pattern.
preventCreationEnable is a boolean variable; its default value is no. Setting it to yes prevents
creation of files on the CIFS server with names that match the pattern specified in
preventCreationPattern. The basic regular expression wildcard characters "*" (match any
sequence of characters) and "?" (match any single character) are supported.
• unixExtensions
This boolean variable allows the administrator to easily turn CIFS UNIX Extensions on or off for
connections to CIFS servers. It can be configured globally or on a per-server basis. The default is yes.
Refer to the “CIFS UNIX Extensions” section of Chapter 1 in the HP CIFS Client Administrator's Guide
for details.
• smbOverTCP
This feature eliminates the use of the NetBIOS Session Service in CIFS client-server connections. The
default is no. This feature is not supported by Windows NT servers. Refer to Chapter 7, "Configuration
File" in the HP CIFS Client A.02.02 Administrator's Guide for information on how to configure this
feature in networks with and without Windows NT servers.
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