HP CIFS Windows 2000 Interoperability (October 2002)

CIFS/9000 and Windows 2000 Interoperability

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the same user name in 2 different attributes in the schema: UserPrincipalName and

mssfuname.

Changing only the Windows user name will cause the 2 name fields to be out of sync. Both

name fields must be changed.

5.6 Active Directory Integration: CIFS/9000

Interoperability

The standard HP-UX account administration for CIFS/9000 utilizes the native UNIX account

management utilities like /etc/passwd or NIS. The characteristics of managing Windows

clients and CIFS/9000 are well known and reliable due to the legacy of Samba. Integration

with Windows 2000 ADS is not a large issue because of the separate security design and

mapping requirements.

Unified Login allows the consolidation of account data from Windows and HP-UX on the

domain controller Active Directory. This provides a single point of administration for both

platforms. In addition, pure UNIX users can still be configured using traditional UNIX

security while only the Windows 2000 client users are consolidated on the ADS. The

configuration requirements and steps are well defined in the administration guide.