HP CIFS Server 2.2m Release Note version A.01.11.05 HP-UX 11.0 Manufacturing Part Number : B8725-90105 E0506 U.S.A. © Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Company.
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HP CIFS Server Release Note Announcement 1 HP CIFS Server Release Note Announcement This document contains information about minor enhancements and bug fixes provided in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05, as well as other helpful information. The following list highlights the main changes. Common Internet File System (CIFS) Server A.01.11.05 NOTE • This version of the HP CIFS Server is a fix release based on Samba 2.2.12. • Changes have been made to support the disk quotas configuration parameter.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Announcement swinstall utility to formally install versions of CIFS Server, and do not copy CIFS Server binaries of different revisions between systems. Product Revision Number New versions of the HP CIFS Server are identified by the product revision number (A.xx.xx.FF), and are either a feature or fix release. Feature releases include new functionality and/or new Samba source version. The base product revision number (A.xx.xx) is incremented; a fix suffix number is not used.
HP CIFS Server Release Note New and Changed Features in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 New and Changed Features in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 This release contains the following enhancements and changes: smb.conf disk quotas Parameter Support This release supports the new parameter disk quotas that controls if disk quotas checking is enabled or disabled in HP CIFS Server.This parameter is intended for use on systems in which the underlying file system has disk quotas turned off.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 provides the following fixes: • Volume Label Corruption on Windows XP (CR JAGaf58907) This fix resolves a volume label corruption that was found with Windows XP only. With this fix, the volume string specified by the volume option in smb.conf can be correctly presented on Windows side.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Features and Fixes in Recent Releases Features and Fixes in Recent Releases Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.04 HP CIFS Server A.01.11.04 provides the following fixes: • Potential Integer Overflow Vulnerability SSRT4885 (CR JAGaf50678) A security vulnerability, CAN-2004-1154, has been found in the MS RPC unmarshalling code of HP CIFS Server. This problem could potentially be exploited to gain root access remotely. HP has made the recommended fixes, according to Samba 3.0.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Features and Fixes in Recent Releases Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.01.11.01 HP CIFS Server A.01.11.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Features and Fixes in Recent Releases NOTE The HP CIFS Server only supports pre-Windows 2000 computer membership in Windows 200x domains. • New Configuration Parameter For SSL Support The HP CIFS Server provides a new global parameter, ldap ssl, available for you to configure the HP CIFS Server to enable the SSL connection to the LDAP directory. This parameter is defined in the /etc/opt/samba/smb.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Features and Fixes in Recent Releases the LDAP configuration parameters in the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file when you run LDAP management tools. If you specify the -S option for LDAP management tools, the LDAP configuration values in the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file are used. Without specifying the -S option, the LDAP management tools use the LDAP configuration values specified in the /opt/samba/LDAP/smbldap-tools/smbldap_conf.pm file.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Updating from version A.01.07 or earlier Updating from version A.01.07 or earlier Please consider the following issues when updating: Printer Driver Configuration • If you do not intend to use the new Windows NT/XP/2000 printer driver support feature, nothing should be done.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Updating from version A.01.07 or earlier nfiles = (23 + max_client_files) * max_connected_clients NOTE: Previous CIFS Server versions used 8 files for internal use. — NFLOCKS - total number of file locks per system At least ten (10) file locks are allocated per smbd process for internal use. Clients may need additional locks depending on the applications used.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds For HP CIFS Server The following is a list of known problems and the appropriate workarounds for HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05: Problem Share mode security does not work with POSIX ACLs. Workaround Microsoft servers do not support share mode security and Windows NT ACLs. No workaround currently exists. Problem CIFS clients cannot delete open files.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Known Problems and Workarounds • Locate the entry, Domain Member:Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always), and disable it. By default, this option is enabled. • Locate the entry, Domain member: Disable machine account password changes, and disable it. By default, this option is enabled. • Locate the entry, Domain member: Require strong (Windows 2000 or later) session key, and disable it. By default, this option is enabled.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Known Problems and Workarounds Workaround Edit the smb.conf file manually to remove the wins server entry. Problem A non-root user running smbstatus may receive the following errors when there are established connections to Samba: “/var/opt/samba/locks/connections.tdb not initialized. This is normal if an SMB client has never connected to your server.” Workaround The current version of smbstatus requires the write access permission for /var/opt/samba/locks/connections.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Known Problems and Workarounds Problem Changing the password stored in the smbpasswd file from a Windows XP machine without the sign and seal patch will fail and corrupt the password for the user. The password must then be reset by the administrator if this occurs.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Installation Requirements for HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 Installation Requirements for HP CIFS Server A.01.11.05 HP CIFS Server Installation Requirements The HP CIFS Server requires approximately 43 MB of disk space for installation on the HP-UX 11.0 machine. The following pieces compose the HP CIFS Server: • CIFS Server source code files/HP-UX 11.00 —14 MB • CIFS Server File and Print Services/HP-UX 11.00 —29 MB HP-UX Memory and Disk Requirements 32-bit and 64-bit HP-UX 11.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages The HP CIFS Server currently supports German (ISO 8859-1) and Japanese Shift-JIS locales for the following: • file names and content • directory names and content • print jobs Administrative utilities such as smbstatus and SWAT are not internationalized. Internationalization is focused on the user level, not the administrative level.
