problem with sharing file

[Stefano_10]

How can I share windows file on an HP-UX server?
I need something like samba but that work from win to unix.
What can i do?

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

CIFS is what you need.


http://ubiqx.org/cifs/


SAMBA gets its name from the Server Message Block protocol SMB.



HTH

Paula

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
very useful links
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/hpuxcifs9000/

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/hpuxcifs9000/faq.html

CIFS is not available in HP-UX 10.20 you can use smbclient utility in samba for accesing win shares.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[sven verhaegen · Accepted solution]

thwere are 3 way known to me to share file bwteebn hp-ux and PC in the way you describe ,

the first being NFS this requires a Pc product like reflection or humingbird NFS , it allows mounting of filesystems and exporting of data

second and more usable is SAMBA or CIFS , CIFs being the official HP product but only previewed for HP-UX 11 , there is however way to get a samba software for hp-ux 10 on th enet and compile it (this isn't supported by HP)

last you have the illustrious ASU , however this product is used less now since the CIFS introduction

if you can find some simple NFS produvct that would be fastes at 10.x , it is better to look for samba or CIFs for 10.20 as this protocol if TCP based and better suiter for PC to HP communications

[Stefano_10]

I have confidured CIF client on hp-ux but i have still problem to connect to shared directories on windows pc.
What should run on windows pc to allow the file sharing

[Arockia Jegan]

Hi,

CIFS is the good one to do this. But it's not available for hpux 10.20.

If you want to share the windows system directories to hp you should run windows CIFS Server in the windows system. Then you will be able to share the directories in the windows system. By using the CIFS clinet in hp system you can access the windows shared files. Do u have windows CIFS server running on the windows system?

[Stefano_10]

No, I haven't any CIF Server runninig on windows.
I would know if it's better to run a CIF server on windows and then a cif client on hp-ux or a NFS server on windows and then mount shared windows directories like classical nfs directories on hp-ux.

Thanks

[Arockia Jegan]

You can run CIFS server on windows and run CIFS client on unix server.

NFS provides no functionality for exporting win file systems to unix clients. So you can't go for NFS server running on windows system.