Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 Novell CIFS Administration Guide June 2016 Legal Notice For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2016 Novell, Inc., a Micro Focus company. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 9 1 Overview of CIFS 11 1.1 Understanding CIFS. 11 1.2 CIFS and Universal Password . 12 1.3 CIFS Features and Capabilities . 12 1.4 Limitations . 14 1.5 What's Next . 14 2 What’s New or Changed in CIFS 15 2.1 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (Update 33 - OES 2015 SP1) . 15 2.2 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 SP1 September 2017 Patch) . 15 2.3 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 SP1 July 2017 Patch) . 16 2.4 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 SP1 March 2017 Patch) . 16 2.5 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 and OES 2015 SP1 March 2017 Patch). 16 2.6 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 SP1 September 2016 Patch) . 16 2.7 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015 SP1) . 17 2.8 What’s New or Changed in CIFS (OES 2015) . 17 3 Planning and Implementing CIFS 21 3.1 Planning for CIFS. 21 3.2 Preparing for CIFS Installation . 21 3.2.1 Prerequisites . 21 3.2.2 Required eDirectory Rights and Permissions . 22 3.3 CIFS System Prerequisites . 24 3.3.1 Server Operating System Requirements . 24 3.3.2 Server Hardware Requirements . 24 3.3.3 Client Operating System Requirements . 24 3.3.4 CIFS Prerequisite Checklist. .25 3.4 Co-existence Issues. 25 3.5 Planning for SMB Changes in OES 2015 and later . 25 3.6 What's Next . 27 4 Installing and Setting Up CIFS 29 4.1 Installing CIFS during the OES Installation . 29 4.2 Installing CIFS after the OES Installation. 33 4.3 Installing NMAS . 36 4.4 Verifying the Installation . 37 4.4.1 Verifying Files and Folders . 37 4.4.2 Verifying the File Configuration Information. 38 4.4.3 Verifying LSM Installation . 39 4.5 Installing the CIFS iManager Plug-In . 39 4.6 What's Next . 39 Contents 3 5 Administering the CIFS Server 41 5.1 Using iManager to Manage CIFS. 41 5.1.1 Prerequisites . 42 5.1.2 Selecting a Server to Manage . 42 5.1.3 Setting the CIFS Server and Authentication Properties. 44 5.1.4 Managing CIFS Shares . .49 5.1.5 Configuring a CIFS User Context . 52 5.1.6 Stopping CIFS . 54 5.2 Using the Command Line to Manage CIFS . 54 5.2.1 Starting CIFS . 54 5.2.2 Stopping CIFS . 54 5.2.3 Restarting CIFS . 54 5.2.4 Monitoring CIFS. 55 5.2.5 Modifying the CIFS Configuration . 55 5.2.6 Anonymous Login for CIFS . 55 5.2.7 Working with CIFS Shares. .56 5.2.8 Configuring the CIFS Context Search File. 57 5.3 Locks Management for CIFS . 57 5.4 Third-Party Domain Authentication . 58 5.4.1 Prerequisites . 58 5.4.2 Using iManager to Enable Third-Party Authentication . 60 5.5 Roaming User Profile . 62 5.5.1 Configuration Required on OES Server for Roaming Profiles . 62 5.6 Dynamic Storage Technology for CIFS Server. .63 5.7 DFS Junction Support in CIFS Linux . 64 5.7.1 Prerequisites . 64 5.7.2 Enabling DFS Support . 64 5.7.3 Limitations . 65 5.8 Subtree Search . 65 5.8.1 Prerequisites . 66 5.8.2 Enabling a Subtree Search . .66 5.8.3 Subtree Search in.