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@@ -225,12 +225,9 @@ If no password is provided, mount.cifs will prompt for password entry
Restrictions
============
-Servers must support the NTLM SMB dialect (which is the most recent, supported
-by Samba and Windows NT version 4, 2000 and XP and many other SMB/CIFS servers)
Servers must support either "pure-TCP" (port 445 TCP/IP CIFS connections) or RFC
-1001/1002 support for "Netbios-Over-TCP/IP." Neither of these is likely to be a
-problem as most servers support this. IPv6 support is planned for the future,
-and is almost complete.
+1001/1002 support for "Netbios-Over-TCP/IP." This is not likely to be a
+problem as most servers support this.
Valid filenames differ between Windows and Linux. Windows typically restricts
filenames which contain certain reserved characters (e.g.the character :
@@ -458,6 +455,8 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
byte range locks).
remount remount the share (often used to change from ro to rw mounts
or vice versa)
+ cifsacl Report mode bits (e.g. on stat) based on the Windows ACL for
+ the file. (EXPERIMENTAL)
servern Specify the server 's netbios name (RFC1001 name) to use
when attempting to setup a session to the server. This is
This is needed for mounting to some older servers (such
@@ -584,8 +583,8 @@ Experimental When set to 1 used to enable certain experimental
performance enhancement was disabled when
signing turned on in case buffer was modified
just before it was sent, also this flag will
- be used to use the new experimental sessionsetup
- code).
+ be used to use the new experimental directory change
+ notification code).
These experimental features and tracing can be enabled by changing flags in
/proc/fs/cifs (after the cifs module has been installed or built into the
@@ -608,7 +607,8 @@ the start of smb requests and responses can be enabled via:
Two other experimental features are under development. To test these
requires enabling CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
- ipv6 enablement
+ cifsacl support needed to retrieve approximated mode bits based on
+ the contents on the CIFS ACL.
DNOTIFY fcntl: needed for support of directory change
notification and perhaps later for file leases)
@@ -625,10 +625,7 @@ that they represent all for that share, not just those for which the server
returned success.
Also note that "cat /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData" will display information about
-the active sessions and the shares that are mounted. Note: NTLMv2 enablement
-will not work since its implementation is not quite complete yet. Do not alter
-the ExtendedSecurity configuration value unless you are doing specific testing.
-Enabling extended security works to Windows 2000 Workstations and XP but not to
-Windows 2000 server or Samba since it does not usually send "raw NTLMSSP"
-(instead it sends NTLMSSP encapsulated in SPNEGO/GSSAPI, which support is not
-complete in the CIFS VFS yet).
+the active sessions and the shares that are mounted.
+Enabling Kerberos (extended security) works when CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL is enabled
+but requires a user space helper (from the Samba project). NTLM and NTLMv2 and
+LANMAN support do not require this helpr.