The HP
CIFS Product Suite
The HP
CIFS Client and Server suite provide a broad and flexible range of
Unix-Windows interoperability strategies for HP-UX. The Common Internet
File System (CIFS) is the native networking protocol in Microsoft
Windows operating systems. Hewlett Packard's CIFS product suite
integrates HP-UX with Microsoft Windows environments by providing remote
file sharing, printer access and authentication services between HP-UX
and Windows systems.
HP CIFS
includes both Client and Server bundles for HP-UX. The CIFS Client
allows HP-UX systems to mount file systems on Windows, the HP CIFS
Server, Samba, and other CIFS servers, and access them locally, in a
manner similar to NFS, but with greater security. The HP CIFS Server
provides remote access to its local
filesystem
to Windows, the HP CIFS Client, and other CIFS clients; Windows clients
can also access the HP CIFS Server's printers.
The CIFS
products include
HP's
industry-leading CIFS Unix Extensions, which allow connections between
CIFS Clients and Servers to utilize Unix
filesystem
attributes within the CIFS protocol. The CIFS Client bundle also
includes a Pluggable Authentication Module, PAM-NTLM, which allows HP-UX
logins to be authenticated on a CIFS domain.
HP CIFS
Server: Features and Benefits:
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Based on the open
source server software Samba
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Full
enterprise-level service and support from HP.
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Integration with
HP-UX Kerberos, Netscape Directory Server (J4258CA) and Red Hat
Directory Server (NSDirSvr7).
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Can serve as a
Windows ADS Domain Member server or as a Samba Domain Controller.
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Support for CIFS
Unix
Extensions.
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Administration of
HP-UX POSIX Access Control Lists (ACL) from Windows Clients.
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High Availability
(HA) CIFS server solution when used with HP-UX Service Guard.
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Web-based
configuration and management using the Samba Web Administration Tool
(SWAT.)
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"use
mmap" enabled for improved performance.
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HP-UX 11i v3
support for CIFS File System Module, promoting the integrity of
files during concurrent local, NFS, and CIFS client access by
ensuring mutual respect for file locks.
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No-charge product
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This is a fix
release based on Samba Server version 3.0.22 with selected fixes
from 3.0.25 -- 3.0.30 and includes HP specific defect fixes.
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Security fixes:
CVE-2008-1105, ported from
Samba-3.0.30.
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Refer to the following Release Note for particular fixes in the release.
Availability:
HP CIFS
product suite is provided free with HP-UX 11i Application Releases. It
is a standard component of HP-UX 11i Operating Environments. Both CIFS
Server and CIFS Client products are included.
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HP Release Note |
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HP CIFS Server 3.0j Release Note version
A.02.03.04 |
HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3 |
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HP Administrator's Guide |
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HP CIFS Server 3.0i Administrator's Guide
version A.02.03.03 |
HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3 |
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HP Whitepapers |
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Configuring and Troubleshooting MS DFS links in
an HP CIFS Server (Samba) Environment |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3 |
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HP CIFS Case Sensitivity Overview |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2,
11i v3 |
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HP CIFS File Locking Interoperation |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2 |
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HP CIFS Opportunistic Locking Usage Guidelines |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v3 |
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HP CIFS Server "net ads join" with Minimum User
Permissions |
HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2, 11i v3 |
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HP CIFS Server and Kerberos |
HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2, 11i v3 |
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HP CIFS Server and Terminal Server, V 1.04,
March 2004 |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2,
11i v3 |
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HP CIFS Server Sizing Guideline |
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HP CIFS Windows 2000 Interoperability |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2,
11i v3 |
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Samba and Terminal Server, V1.06, Oct 2007 |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2,
11i v3 |
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Setting Up CIFS Server (Samba) In an LDAP
Environment |
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v1.5, 11i v1.6, 11i v2,
11i v3 |
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HP Support Information
HP's
provides access to
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features,
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and
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Samba Books (Available in Hard Copy and Online)
by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, and David Collier-Brown
(O'Reilly, 2003), ISBN: 0-596-00256-4
by John H.
Terpstra
and
Jelmer
R.
Vernooij,
Editors, ISBN: 0-13-145355-6
by John H.
Terpstra,
ISBN: 0-13-188221-X
These Samba books are also provided with the HP CIFS
Server product and readily accessible through the CIFS
SWAT utility.
Samba Team Lists and Links
The
provides
product, many of its
documents
and maintenances on its own
Windows Documentation
Microsoft provides technical information on Windows and
numerous CIFS integration related subjects at their
website.
Date: 06/05/2008 |
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