Chapter Review

Microsoft has admitted recently that CIFS and SAMBA are technically the same product and as such, CIFS is simply a name change from SAMBA. True or False?

The default SMB password file on a CIFS Server contains only the default UNIX usernames. True or False?

The file /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf is the main configuration file for a CIFS client. True or False?

Once a use has mounted a CIFS filesystem and been authenticated by using cifslogin , other users can use the filesystem in much the same way as an NFS filesystem. True or False?

HP has augmented the Open Source SAMBA software. Select the additional features listed below that HP has added to SAMBA to make the CIFS/9000 product unique. Select all that apply.

1. Integration with PAM and Kerberos authentication.

2. CIFS Server can act as a Primary Domain Controller.

3. CIFS Server can act as a Browser Master.

4. CIFS Server can map Windows ACLs to HFS or VxFS ACLs.

5. Provides Windows printing support.

False. CIFS is a name change from SMB , not SAMBA.

False. The SMB password file does not exist by default.

False. The /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file is the main configuration file for a CIFS Server. The smb.conf file used by CIFS Client is located in the directory /etc/opt/ cifsclient .

False. CIFS only allows access to a share/filesystem on a user-by-user basis. Before a user can use a particular CIFS filesystem, he must be authenticated; otherwise , access is denied .

All answers apply.

Why does the CIFS Server software not require a reboot when it is installed, but the CIFS Client software does?

I am running an HP-UX machine as a CIFS Client. I have an entry in my /etc/fstab file to mount a filesystem from my Windows 2000 Server (hostname=WINSRV1):

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cat /etc/fstab

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WINSRV1:/oradata1 /oradata1 cifs defaults 0 0

I can see a valid entry in my /etc/mnttab file and I have all the necessary daemons running, but when I issue a bdf command, I get the following error:

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bdf

Filesystem          kbytes    used   avail %used Mounted on

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NFS access failed for server WINSRV1: RPC: Remote system error

NFS fsstat failed for server WINSRV1: RPC: Remote system error

bdf: /oradata1: I/O error

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Why am I getting this IO error?

Why is using the cifsmount “P command not a good idea in terms of security?

Why is it important to ensure site-wide that usernames are unique when using NTLM authentication?

What is a CIFS " user map"? How is the name of the "user map" referenced? Is a CIFS "user map" used on a CIFS Server or a CIFS Client, and what is its purpose?