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diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README index b806b11b5560..bf11329ac784 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/README +++ b/fs/cifs/README @@ -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. |