HP CIFS Client A.02.02.03 Administrator's Guide

Contents
Preface: About This Document.........................................................................6
Intended Audience....................................................................................................................6
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition........................................................................6
Publishing History.....................................................................................................................6
What's in This document...........................................................................................................6
Typographical Conventions...................................................................................................7
HP Encourages Your Comments..................................................................................................7
1 Introduction to the HP CIFS Client.................................................................8
Introduction to HP CIFS..............................................................................................................8
What is the CIFS Protocol?....................................................................................................8
PAM NTLM....................................................................................................................9
HP CIFS Client Description.........................................................................................................9
HP CIFS Client Features.............................................................................................................9
CIFS UNIX Extensions.........................................................................................................10
NTLM PAM Integration.......................................................................................................10
Kerberos Authentication: Integration with System Kerberos Cache.............................................10
AutoFS 2.3 Support for HP CIFS Client..................................................................................10
Support for Internationalized Clients.....................................................................................11
NTLM, NTLMv2 Password Encryption...................................................................................11
Packet Signing...................................................................................................................11
NetBIOS Name Services, WINS, and DNS...........................................................................11
Microsoft Distributed File System..........................................................................................11
Limitations....................................................................................................................12
Dynamically Loadable Kernel Module...................................................................................12
SMB Over TCP..................................................................................................................13
2 Installing, Configuring, and Using the HP CIFS Client....................................14
Overview of HP CIFS Client Installation and Configuration...........................................................14
Step 1: Checking HP CIFS Client Installation Prerequisites.............................................................14
Step 2: Installing HP CIFS Client and PAM Software....................................................................15
Installing From CD.............................................................................................................15
Installing From a Software Depot File....................................................................................15
An Example.................................................................................................................15
Step 3: Configuring the HP CIFS Client......................................................................................15
Editing cifsclient.cfg............................................................................................................15
Step 4: Starting and Stopping the HP CIFS Client Daemon...........................................................16
Using the HP CIFS Client.........................................................................................................16
Mounting and Logging in in One Step..................................................................................19
CIFS Client Logging............................................................................................................19
Automatic Mounting of CIFS Filesystems.....................................................................................19
Using /etc/fstab................................................................................................................19
Storing Mounts in the CIFS Client Mount Database.................................................................19
Name Resolution: NetBIOS Name Service, WINS, DNS, IP Configuration.....................................20
HP CIFS Client Files and Directories...........................................................................................20
3 CIFS Security and Authentication................................................................22
Introduction............................................................................................................................22
Authentication Methods......................................................................................................22
Configuration Settings For Authentication..............................................................................22
Server-Specific Configuration..........................................................................................23
User Login Procedures.............................................................................................................23
Introduction To Kerberos..........................................................................................................24
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