CIFS on OpenVMS IA64.

[Robert Atkinson]

Sorry, one more point. The .Net DriveMapper mentioned above will be made available to HP and CIFS users once we've finished testing it here.

If anyone else wants to help Beta test it, please get in touch.

Rob.

[The Brit]

Mornin' Rob,
(Next basic Question)

Assume that I have successfully joined the domain, and I now want to map the drive to my desktop, If I just enter

\\
which vms location will it display, i.e. will it show

SAMBA$ROOT:[000000]
SAMBA$ROOT:[USERS]
SAMBA$ROOT:[TMP]

or some other.

If I put all of the user directories in SAMBA&ROOT:[USERS], how can I direct it to use this as the root folder. i.e. would the connection be to

\\\USERS

Should this path be included under the [homes] section ???

Dave.

[The Brit]

(To continue)

Should I be worried by the fact that the "ADDSHARE" symbol gives,

$ addshare
%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image SAMBA$ROOT:[BIN.IA64]SAMBA$ADDSHARE.EXE;
-CLI-E-IMAGEFNF, image file not found DSA400:[000000.SAMBA.][BIN.IA64]SAMBA$ADDSHARE.EXE;

Given this exe doesn't exist, what is the procedure for creating/modifying a share??

I cant find any instructions on this in the Administrator's Guide (which strikes me as a significant failing). I would have expected this to be the absolute minimum that an Administrator needs to know.

Dave

[Robert Atkinson]

It won't show any of those folders - SAMBA doesn't share out it's directories by default.

If you include the 'Homes' directive, it will automatically offer a share with the same name as the Windows username that you're logging on with. That will be mapped to the SYS$LOGIN of the VMS username you're mapping onto.

Any other shares you want to offer need to go into SMB.CONF with a similar config to this :-

[TestArea]
comment = D2C Test Area
path = $1$DGA118:[NET.D2C]
valid users = UK\xxxxxxx, UK\yyyyyyy, UK\zzzzzzz
read only = No
vfs objects = varvfc
vms ods5 volume = No

These parameters will change quite a bit depending on the type of disk (ODS2/ODS5) and the type of data you're sharing out.

Rob.

[Robert Atkinson]

Dave, it's definitely worth getting the SWAT service up and running, as this gives you a good overview of how SAMBA _could_ be set up. You might even prefer to use it as a permanent way of modifying your shares.

Not sure what extra benefit ADDSHARE gives, as I've never used it.

I tend to simply edit SMB.CONF, as any changes are dynamic once the SMB (user mapping) process is re-created.

Rob.

[Brad McCusker]

Not to hijack this thread, but...

Shilpa wrote:

>Could you please send me e-mail so that
>I can send you the document which might
>help you with CIFS file security and
>the uid/gid stuff?

Ummm... Shouldn't this be posted somewhere public? If not on the HP CIFS/VMS web site, them maybe a VTJ article? A note posted on openvms.org?

I'm going to drop you a e-mail becuase I sure would like to see it.

Brad McCusker
Software Concepts International
www.sciinc.com

[Shilpa K]

Hi,

Sorry for the confusion. The document on CIFS File security has been written for the forthcoming VTJ. This is the reason why it is not yet available on the external links.

Thanks,
Shilpa

[The Brit]

My thanks to Rob and others who contributed to this thread. The initial responses went a long way to focusing general issues into specific questions.

Particular thanks to Paul Nunez who was able to talk me through the final couple of problems off-line.

Final problems

1. had difficulty joining domain.
Answer: Could not find the PDC emulator because it was on a different subnet.
Solution: add the PDC emulator to the SAMBA$ROOT:[LIB]lmhosts.; file as follows

GLC-NT-PDC (our PDC)
TESSCO#1b (required domain (#1b is CIFS-specific symbol which means something to the PDC))

2. hade difficulty mapping the (share) drive.
Answer: The correct mapping string is

\\\

"share name" can be a defined share in the SMB.CONF file. e.g., if share "dave" is defined on node PROD01 as

[dave]
comment = Dave's Testing Directory
path = /samba$root/users/dave
browseable = yes
read only = no

then the connection string \\PROD01\dave will map to this directory.

Note: "SAMBA$ROOT" is a logical, therefore mapping to directories on other disks/volumes is simply

path = /// <sub>etc.

Finally, in my case, I was setting up as a Member Server in a pre-existing Domain and so I wanted authentication to be handled by the PDC. Authentication (as I understand it), is really a function of the CIFS server role, and personal preference. i.e. it can be from PDC or done locally. Setup for this would require additional configuration.

Anyway,

Thanks again for all of your help. Once again this shows the value of this forum.

Dave.</sub>