HP A4500A - VMEbus Single Board Computer 744 Motherboard Release Note page 7

Chapter 1
The Hewlett-Packard-authored CIFS Unix Extensions enable
standard Unix file system semantics, such as symbolic links, file
ownership and permissions to be implemented within the CIFS
protocol. The latest revision of the specification, developed in
collaboration with the Samba open-source project, provides greater
inter operability through a new model for handling file sizes across
platforms.
It is highly recommended that customers upgrade to version A.01.07
of the CIFS/9000 Client if they will be connecting to servers that
support the v2.1 specification. These servers include CIFS/9000
Servers, version A.01.07 and Samba Servers, version 2.2.3. The
implementation of the v2.1 specification, in version A.01.07 of the
CIFS/9000 Client, is backwards compatible with previous
implementations of the specification in versions A.01.07, and earlier,
of the CIFS/9000 Server.
• ASCII decode of hexadecimal NetBIOS traces
The CIFS Client "netbiosTrace" log level option now also displays the
ASCII equivalent of the default hexadecimal byte-stream. Users are
reminded that log levels should be left at their default settings
unless they are required for troubleshooting since increased log
levels impede performance.
• A change has been implemented in the caching of file attributes that
improves synchronization of directory listings on the client with
actual file attributes on the server.
• The section on configuring the PAM-NTLM module in the Installing
and Administering the CIFS/9000 Client manual contains new and
updated information regarding the use of password servers and
WINS servers. HP suggests incorporating the wins server parameter
into your existing smb.conf file as shown in the new version of
smb.conf.default. These files are located in /etc/opt/cifsclient/pam.
• Default value increased for SMB time-outs
The default configured value for requestTimeout has been increased
from 20 seconds to 60 seconds. For slow networks, or environments
with slow servers or links, this helps prevent the CIFS/9000 client
from entering an unstable state that can result when a connection is
dropped due to an unanswered SMB request.
CIFS/9000 Client A.01.08
Features and Fixes in Recent Releases
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