HP CIFS Client A.02.02.03 Release Notes

HP CIFS Client Overview
CIFS is the native networking protocol on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The HP CIFS
products for HP-UX provide a wide range of integration strategies for HP-UX and Windows.
The HP CIFS Client enables the HP-UX host to mount directories shared by remote CIFS servers
(Windows, HP-UX, and other server platforms on which CIFS has been implemented)
The HP CIFS Server enables the HP-UX host to provide access to its own shared directories by
remote CIFS clients (Windows, HP-UX, and other CIFS clients); it emulates Windows file and print
services.
With these products, in a heterogeneous Windows and HP-UX network, any system can be a client
or server to any other system.
The HP CIFS Client bundle also includes PAM-NTLM, a "pluggable authentication module" that
allows HP-UX logins to be authenticated by a centralized service on a CIFS domain.
NOTE: For the latest information on the HP CIFS Client, refer to the HP CIFS product documentation
in the I/O Cards and Networking Software section of the HP documentation website:
http://www.docs.hp.com
Problems Fixed in Version A.02.02.03
HP CIFS Client A.02.02.03 is a maintenance release. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this
version, one serious defect has been fixed, and several overall improvements have been made,
as described below.
HP CIFS Client A.02.02.03 provides the following fixes.
Table 1 Problems Fixed in Version A.02.02.03
ResolutionSymptomsCR IDSr no
This issue is resolved.Attempting to read an empty file (other
than a pipe or FIFO) that supports
QXCR10010402001
non-blocking reads results in
termination of client connection if
O_NDELAY is set.
This issue is resolved.CIFS Client dumps core with SIGABRT
in an indirect AutoFS configuration.
QXCR10011374932
New configuration parameter "useStrictUnicode" is
introduced to resolve this issue.
For a TreeConnect smb request CIFS
Client does not use Unicode strings in
QXCR10011857653
all instances even though the
configuration parameter "useUnicode"
is set, resulting in mount failure.
This issue is resolved.On executing a "find" command on
a Microsoft Windows 2003 DFS share
QXCR10011062364
that in turn hosts multiple DFS shares,
CIFS Client crashes or reports RPC
timeout message in syslog.
This issue is resolved.CIFS Client aborts with a core dump
when accessing a DFS link pointing
to an active MP IP address.
QXCR10012049865
Configuration Parameter Changes
A new configurations parameter "useStrictUnicode" is now added in the cifsclient.cfg in the current
CIFS Client A.02.02.03 release.
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