Appendix D. CIFS Technical Reference

The only spec I trust is written in C.

Andrew Bartlett, Samba Team

The SNIA CIFS Technical Reference is included by kind permission of the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). The author would like to thank the SNIA, particularly the members of the SNIA CIFS Technical Work Group , for making this document available. Please see page v of the CIFS Technical Reference for SNIA copyright information.

Please Note: The SNIA CIFS Technical Reference does not fall under the same copyright and licensing terms as the rest of the book. Special permission was obtained in order to include the CIFS Technical Reference in this book.

SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association

Common Internet File System (CIFS) Technical Reference

Revision: 1.0

"Publication of this SNIA Technical Proposal has been approved by the SNIA. This document represents a stable proposal for use as agreed upon by the SNIA CIFS Technical Work Group. The SNIA does not endorse this proposal for any other purpose than the use described. This proposal may not represent the preferred mode, and the SNIA may update, replace, or release competing proposal at any time. If the intended audience for this release is a liaison standards body, the future support and revision of this proposal may be outside the control of the SNIA or originating SNIA CIFS Technical Work Group. Suggestion for revision should be directed to [e-mail]"

SNIA Technical Proposal

USE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED ON PAGES iii-v

Release Date: 3/1/2002

Revision History

Date	By:	Comments
Feb 27, 2002	SNIA CIFS Technical Work Group	Version 1.0

Suggestion for changes or modifications to this document should be sent to the SNIA CIFS Technical Work Group at [e-mail]