On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:20:03AM -0500, Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote: : > > Is samba implments CIFS.
Yes, Samba is a CIFS implementation. > > I thought CIFS is based on SMB Yes, CIFS (Common Internet FileSystem) is Microsoft's marketing name for SMB. > > am assuming SMB is opensource protocol No. SMB is poorly documented, randomly changed, overloaded, and proprietary. > > Just wondering if am running samba 2.2.5 does it mean am running CIFS > > also what version of CIFS? Several versions of CIFS. Samba supports several dialects (a dialect is a named variation in the protocol...there are many unnamed variations as well). > > when i sniffing SMB packets which commands should i be looking at CIFS or > > SMB A tool such as Ethereal will know how to decode the packets. See also: http://ubiqx/org/cifs/ for an introduction to the protocol and its annoyances. Chris -)----- -- Samba Team -- http://www.samba.org/ -)----- Christopher R. Hertel jCIFS Team -- http://jcifs.samba.org/ -)----- ubiqx development, uninq. ubiqx Team -- http://www.ubiqx.org/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OnLineBook -- http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
