HP CIFS Server 2.2i Administrator's Guide version A.01.11.01

Introduction to the HP CIFS Server
HP CIFS Enhancements to the Samba Server Source
Chapter 1 9
HP CIFS Enhancements to the Samba Server
Source
The HP CIFS server product consists of Samba source code which has
been enhanced with a variety of functional enhancements. The sections
that follow will provide an overview of each of these enhancements. In
some cases, separate sections of information will be provided. One section
will be for version A.01.07 of the server and another for version A.01.08.
Be sure that you are reading the information appropriate for your
version. The sections are:
• Access Control List (ACL) Mapping Features for version A.01.07
• Access Control List (ACL) Mapping Features for version A.01.08
• NT Printing Support (new for version A.01.08)
• Distributed File System (DFS) Server Functionality (new for version
A.01.08)
• Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Functionality (new for version
A.01.08).
Access Control List (ACL) Mapping Features (version
A.01.07)
The HP CIFS server product consists of Samba source code which has
been enhanced with ACL (Access Control List) mapping features. These
mapping features allow you to change ACLs from an NT client. These
features include:
• Improved access to UNIX permission data through the NT ACL
graphical interface on NT clients.
• Access to VxFS POSIX ACLs through the NT ACL graphical
interface on NT clients.
Samba supports the viewing and changing of UNIX file permissions and
VxFS POSIX ACLs from Windows NT clients.
You can view and change UNIX file permissions through the standard
Windows Explorer interface when accessing NT ACLs.