Connect HP-UX client to Windows server 2008 fileserver

[Maiky]

Hello,

I've created a fileserver in Windows Storage server 2008. I need that hp-ux client can connect to the windows fileserver.
Can anyone say to me how to do it or pass me a guide to do it?
Via CIFS/SMB or via NFS ?
Anonymous access is not an option but I want to it as easy as if it possible.

Thanks in advance...

[Shibin_2]

You can choose CIFS option. There are lot of threads related to this available. Do a search. Or get CIFS guide from HP docs.

[shanmuhanandam]

Hi,
I hope windows 2008 server has the feature of NFS, so you can use the NFS.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753302(WS.10).aspx

Thanks,
Shan.

[Maiky]

Thanks for the responses.

I'll try it.

Otherwise is there anyone that had done it in real enviroment and tell me your experience??

BR,
Miguel Angel

[Kenan Erdey]

Hi,

say share is \\file_server\data

install cifs client. than edit /etc/rc.config.d/cifsclient and change the value to 1

edit /etc/opt/cifsclient/cif*.cfg, change the value of smbOverTcp to Yes.

start cifsclient with /sbin/init.d/cifsclient start

at last, mount it cifsmount -U user -P password //fileserver/data /data

[Maiky]

Hi,

In few days I'll try it.

Thanks

[Dan Bolton]

Not sure if newer versions of HP-UX provide an alternative mechanism, but to connect our 11.11 servers to Windows shares we enabled the guestUser option -(search /etc/opt/cifsclient/cifsclient.cfg for 'guest users:')

This allows Unix users to access the shares without needing to be mapped to a CIFS username or explicitly connecting (cifslogin) to the share.

Just create a Windows account and give it the desired default rights to the directories being shared. Then in cifsclient.cfg set guestUser = newly_created_windows_account. After running cifsmount, as root do a cifslogin using newly_created_windows_account and the -s option. Any Unix user that doesn't explicitly cifslogin to the share will, by default, be connected with guestUser permissions.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The real answer is either will work.

Microsoft does have a Unix package for the server OS and NFS shares can be set up and connected to with the Base HP-UX OS.

CIFS/SMB is somewhat easier to work with and requires installation of two depots available for free at http://software.hp.com

There are some reports of the need to patch Windows to make it play nicely with Linux and HP-UX.

SEP

[Maiky]

Thanks to everybody for the responses

This morning I've tried to mount and access the share but with no exit :-( (well mount seems to be OK) but logging fails

When i try to do a cifslogin i found this error:
logging in User: UNIX: Connection refused

I've hp-UX 11.23 ia64 and CIFS client A.01.09.03

Monday I'll continue trying it (I don't modify any configuration file because is a production server but I think it can be the problem).

Otherwise more ideas will be welcome accepted :-)

[Maiky]

I continue with the problem but I use this command:

smbclient '\\server\share' -W domain -U username

And I connect with the share.

But when i try this:

cifsmount //ap02/trans /mnt -U cifsclient -I 162.xxx.xxx.xxx

I've encountered this error:

Connecting Share: DOS: Share not exported by server

Any ideas about what is the problem??