HP CIFS Server Administrator's Guide Version A.03.01.02 (5900-1766, September 2011)

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................10
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................10
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition......................................................................10
Typographical Conventions......................................................................................................10
Publishing History...................................................................................................................10
Document Organization..........................................................................................................11
HP Welcomes Your Comments..................................................................................................12
1 Introduction to the HP CIFS Server...............................................................13
HP CIFS Server Description and Features...................................................................................13
Features............................................................................................................................13
Samba Open Source Software and HP CIFS Server................................................................14
Flexibility..........................................................................................................................14
HP CIFS Server Documentation: Printed and Online.....................................................................14
HP CIFS Documentation Roadmap............................................................................................15
HP CIFS Server File and Directory Roadmap...............................................................................16
2 Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Server..............................................18
HP CIFS Server Requirements and Limitations..............................................................................18
HP CIFS Server Installation Requirements...............................................................................18
HP CIFS Server Memory Requirements..................................................................................18
Software Requirements.......................................................................................................18
Swap Space Requirements..................................................................................................18
Memory Requirements........................................................................................................19
Step 1: Installing HP CIFS Server Software..................................................................................19
An Example......................................................................................................................20
Step 2: Running the Configuration Script....................................................................................20
Step 3: Modify the Configuration..............................................................................................21
Configuration Modification..................................................................................................21
Configure Case Sensitivity...................................................................................................21
Configure DOS Attribute Mapping.......................................................................................22
Configuring Print Services for HP CIFS Version A.03.01.02......................................................22
Configuring a [printers] share.........................................................................................22
Creating a [printers] share..............................................................................................23
Setup Server for automatically uploading printer driver files................................................23
Setup Client for automatically uploading of printer drivers..................................................24
Publishing Printers in an MS Windows 2000/2003/2008 ADS Domain..................................24
Setting up HP CIFS Server for Publishing Printers Support....................................................24
Publishing Printers from a Windows Client........................................................................25
Verifying that the Printer is Published................................................................................26
Commands Used for Publishing Printers............................................................................27
Searching Printers.....................................................................................................27
Removing a Printer....................................................................................................27
Re-Publishing a Printer...............................................................................................27
Setting Up Distributed File System (DFS) Support....................................................................27
Setting Up a DFS Tree on a HP CIFS Server......................................................................28
Setting Up DFS Links in the DFS Root Directory on a HP CIFS Server.....................................28
MC/ServiceGuard High Availability Support.........................................................................29
Step 4: Starting the HP CIFS Server...........................................................................................29
Starting and stopping Daemons Individually..........................................................................30
Configuring Automatic Start at System Boot...........................................................................30
Stopping and Re-starting Daemons to Apply New Settings......................................................30
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