HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

HP CIFS
HP CIFS provides HP-UX with a distributed file system based upon Microsoft’s CIFS
(Common Internet File System) protocol, also known as the SMB (Server Message
Block) protocol. The SMB protocol is the native file-sharing protocol in Microsoft
Windows and OS/2 operating systems and is the standard way that millions of PC
users share files across corporate intranets.
HP CIFS implements both the server and client components of the CIFS protocol on
HP-UX. This means that HP-UX file systems can be mounted onto Window systems
and Window file systems can be mounted onto HP-UX systems.
The HP CIFS Server is based upon Samba and provides file as well as print services to
CIFS clients including Windows NT, XP, 2000, Server 2008, and Vista; and other HP-UX
machines running the HP CIFS Client software.
The HP CIFS Client enables HP-UX users to mount as UNIX file systems PC shares
from CIFS files servers including Window servers and HP-UX machines running the
HP CIFS Server software. The HP CIFS client also offers an optional Pluggable
Authentication Module (PAM) that implements the Windows NTLM authentication
protocols. When installed and configured within HP-UX’s PAM facility, this allows
HP-UX users to be authenticated against a Windows authentication server.
For detailed information on how to install, configure and use the HP CIFS server and
client software, see the HP CIFS Server Administrator's Guide and the HP CIFS Client
Administrator's Guide, both available at http://docs.hp.com.
Configuring HP-UX Systems for Terminal Emulation
The primary reason for having a computer in a workgroup (regardless of what type
of computer it is) is so that its users can access the resources of other computers in the
workgroup.
A common way to access the resources of another computer is to log into the remote
computer using a terminal emulation program such as Telnet.
Telnet
The telnet utility is a standard part of the HP-UX operating system, and a Telnet
client is included in versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. It is used to
log in to a remote system from a personal computer (PC) or an HP-UX system.
The remote system can be a UNIX-based system (such as an HP-UX system), or a PC
running Telnet server software. Initially, Windows includes a Telnet client program,
which can be used to log in to remote computers, but does not include a Telnet server
application, which would allow other computers to “Telnet in” to a Windows operating
system. On HP-UX systems, the Telnet server software is known as the telnetd
daemon.
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