HP CIFS Server 3.0d Release Note version A.02.02 HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 Manufacturing Part Number : B8725-90094 E1005 U.S.A. © Copyright 2005 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 some minor enhancements and defect fixes provided in the A.02.02 release of the HP CIFS Server, as well as other helpful information. HP CIFS Server A.02.02 is supported on HP-UX release 11i v1 and v2. The following list is a summary of the changes included in this release. Common Internet File System (CIFS) Server A.02.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Announcement 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. Fix releases include only those changes required to resolve specific defects. The base product revision number (A.xx.
HP CIFS Server Release Note New Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 New Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 HP CIFS Server A.02.02 provides fixes for the following problems: • Problem when using Japanese multibyte in filename on HP CIFS Server A.02.01.* (CR JAGaf70363) When a file or a directory on the CIFS server A.02.01.* system has specific Japanese multibyte character in it’s filename, problems occur when PC users access it.
HP CIFS Server Release Note New Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 This fix requires the debug level to be set to at least level 3 before the no buffer space error message will appear in syslog. • The host equiv configuration parameter did not work (CR JAGaf72930) This fix resolves a problem where the host equiv configuration parameter did not work because of a parsing error. • samba_setup failed if no smb.
HP CIFS Server Release Note New Fixes in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 Stopping and Re-starting Daemons to Apply New Settings The smb.conf configuration file is automatically reloaded every minute if it changes. You can force a reload by sending a SIGHUP to the CIFS server. Reloading the configuration file does not affect connections to any service that is already established. But, you must stop and re-start the CIFS server daemons to apply the new setting for the following parameters in smb.
HP CIFS Server Release Note What’s New in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 What’s New in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 HP CIFS Server A.02.02 provides the following new enhancements and changes: idmap_rid Support The idmap_rid facility with winbind provides a unique mapping of Windows SID to local UNIX UID and GID mappings. This facility uses the RID of the user SID to generate the UID and GID by adding the RID number to a configurable base value.
HP CIFS Server Release Note What’s New in HP CIFS Server A.02.02 • enable privileges • allocation roundup size • force printer name • log nt token command • ldap password sync • check password script Changed Parameters Table 1-1 shows a list of the configuration parameters which have changes in default behavior: Table 1-1 Parameter Changes Parameter Name A.02.01.* A.02.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Installation Requirements for the HP CIFS Server A.02.02 Installation Requirements for the HP CIFS Server A.02.02 HP CIFS Server Installation Requirements The HP CIFS Server requires approximately 78 MB of disk space for installation on the HP-UX 11i v1 machine and 146 MB of disk space on the HP-UX 11i v2 machine. The HP CIFS Server is composed of the following components: • CIFS Server source code files/HP-UX 11i v1 — 27.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Installation Requirements for the HP CIFS Server A.02.02 must update Kerberos Client to at least version 1.3.5. Kerberos Client version 1.0 was originally bundled on HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 and that version is not compatible with HP CIFS Server version A.02.02 when operating in a Windows 2003 ADS DC environment. You can download the Kerberos v5 Client (KRB5CLIENT) product from the following Software Depot web site: http://www.hp.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Updating HP CIFS Server A.01.* to A.02.01 or later Updating HP CIFS Server A.01.* to A.02.01 or later The installation and configuration procedures in Chapter 2, "Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Server" of the HP CIFS Server 3.0d Administrator’s Guide version A.02.02 apply to HP CIFS Server A.02.* versions and to A.01.* versions. However, you must consider the following additional concerns and apply these procedures when updating from an A.01.* version to an A.02.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Updating HP CIFS Server A.01.* to A.02.01 or later — ldapsam: Attribute rich account storage and retrieval backend utilizing an LDAP directory. This provides an updated schema supported by Samba 3.0. — ldapsam_compat : An LDAP storage and retrieval backend utilizing an LDAP directory and is compatible with A.01.* versions.This backend makes use of the same schema provided with A.01.* versions. You might also specify a combination of passdb backends.
HP CIFS Server Release Note Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds For HP CIFS Server A.02.02 The following is a list of known problems and, where possible, the appropriate workarounds for the HP CIFS Server A.02.02: 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 Workaround Access the file directly from the Windows client instead of through Windows Terminal Services. Problem Creation of symlinks using UNIX extension fails if a full path is used to specify the symlink. Workaround Change to the directory where the symlink will reside and create the link using relative path. Problem Once the wins server option is set in the smb.conf file, it cannot be cleared using SWAT utility Workaround Edit the smb.
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 Known Problems and Workarounds To avoid the error altogether, a registry change can resolve the problem as described in the MS knowledge base article found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=324491 Samba community also observed the problem and has further characterized it in the Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.
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