Writing to a Windows server from an HPUX box

[Charles Holland]

Source is an HPUX 11.11 box
target is Windows 2008 r2 SP2

I have a new need to write to a windows server.
On one of the servers I have:
CIFS-Client A.02.02.02 HP CIFS Client
CIFS-Development A.02.04.01 HP CIFS Server
CIFS-Server A.02.04.01 HP CIFS Server

Now working with the Server section I allow windows servers and workstations to access, read, write to the HPUX files system.

Working with the Client side on this one HPUX server I can write to the windows file systems and I think the HP part number is B8724AA.

Now I have looked everywhere I can but I find no method to use the Server side to write to the windows file system, although I get the impression that the Server (or Samba) is supposed to be able "do it all".

Am I all confused here? Do I need to install the client part to write to the windows file system?

Thanks in advance.

[John Guster]

configure HP as CIFS client, and mount -F cifs "window share" onto HP system, so one can write to the window share from HP-UX platform.

[Charles Holland]

John,
Are you indicating that I don't have to install B8724AA but only do a mount command on the HPUX boxes after sharing out the directory on the windows box?

Chuck

[nightwich · Accepted solution]

Hi ..


You need to configure the cifs client on wour HPUX machine.

First you need to enable cifs:

vi /etc/rc.config.d/cifsclient

RUN_CIFSCLIENT=1


Then start cifs client.

/sbin/init.d/cifsclient start


Then configure the mount point in the fstab. Here is one exemple of what you may need in you /etc/fstab:

Windows_server:/windows_share$ /mount_point_on_unix_machine cifs username="login_in_windows_machine",password="password_for_windows_login 0 0


Then mountall.

If you have any trouble please reply.

[Charles Holland]

nightwich,

OK, so I do have to install cifsclient on the HPUX box.

Are you indicating that I don't have to use the cifs commands cifsmount, cifslogin,... etc but simply make an entry in the /etc/fstab file?

Thanks.

[TwoProc]

Yes, install the client part, not the server part.

As for cifsmount cifslogin commands - that's just another way to do it, without hitting the /etc/fstab if you'd prefer. Using the method above (/etc/fstab) is much easier naturally.

[Charles Holland]

Done