HP CIFS Server 3.0g Release Notes version A.02.03.01

Changes in HP CIFS Server A.02.03.01

This release contains the following changes:

Configuration Parameter Changes

The following is a list of configuration parameter changes in HP CIFS Server A.02.03.01:

• The change notify timeout parameter in smb.conf has added share level capability

to the existing global level capability.

The HP CIFS Server checks directory changes once every “change notify timeout”

seconds and notifies the CIFS clients when the share status has changed. Starting with HP

CIFS Server A.02.03.01, the change notify feature can be configured on a per-share basis or

global basis. To disable this feature, set this parameter to 0.

• The default value of the “winbind cache time” parameter in smb.conf is changed from

60 to 300 (in seconds). This parameter specifies the number of seconds the winbind daemon,

winbindd, will cache user and group information before querying a CIFS server again.

Security = SERVER is being Deprecated

The security= SERVER parameter in smb.conf is being deprecated. HP CIFS Server A.02.03.01

is the last release that this configuration is supported. Consider changing the security option

in smb.conf to security = DOMAIN or security = ADS.

The smbldap Management Tools Are No Longer Maintained by HP CIFS

Server

HP no longer maintains the LDAP management scripts smbldap-tools. These scripts are

included with the HP CIFS Server product and remain available in the

/opt/samba/LDAP3/smbldap-tools directory. The latest versions of these smbldap-tools

scripts are maintained by IDEALX Open Source Security Software and are available for download

at the following web site:

http://samba.idealx.org

You can use LDAP directory tools (such as ldapmodify, ldapdelete and ldapsearch)

provided by the LDAP-UX Integration product and several HP CIFS management tools to manage

user, group or other data in an HP Netscape/Red Hat Directory Server database. The HP CIFS

management tools include the smbpasswd, net and pdbedit tools.

For more information about these management tools, refer to the "Tool Reference” chapter in

the HP CIFS Server Administrator's Guide.