HP CIFS Server 3.0b Administrator's Guide version A.02.01.01

Intended Audience

This document is intended for users who are already familiar with the

HP CIFS Server product. For additional information about the HP CIFS

Server, please refer to other HP CIFS Server documentation on-line at

http://www.docs.hp.com.

New and Changed Documentation in This

Edition

The edition documents the following enhancements for the HP CIFS

Server 3.0b version A.02.01.01:

• Support for Active Directory Server (ADS). HP CIFS Server can join

an Windows 200x ADS realm as a native member server and

authenticate users using LDAP with Kerberos security.

• Support for Backup Domain Controller (BDC) functionality in a

domain in which it acts as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC).

• Support for winbind to provide UID and GID generation and

mapping for Windows users.

• Support for new authentication systems. In addition to continued

support for smbpasswd and LDAP authentication backends, HP CIFS

Server includes support of new account storage databases, ldapsam

and tdbsam.

• Support for new account management tools including pdbedit, net

commands, and smbpasswd to manage user account information.

• Support for three proven deployment models: Samba Domain Model,

Windows Domain Model and Uniﬁed Domain Model.

• Support for parameters changes in smb.conf ﬁle.