I would like to propose a new Open Solaris project called "CIFS Server" providing Microsoft Windows interoperability capabilities for Open Solaris.
The Common Internet File System (CIFS), also commonly referred to as SMB, is the standard for Microsoft file sharing services. Unlike NFS, which is a pure file sharing service and protocol, CIFS encompasses a wide variety of services. Such services include file sharing services, naming services, MSRPC services, and subprotocols such as named pipes, all of which are required to provide the Windows-like behavior necessary to fully support CIFS clients. This project will be initiated by the integration of a preliminary kernel-based Solaris CIFS implementation into Solaris Nevada B77. The Solaris CIFS server includes numerous enhancements to the Solaris OS to accommodate CIFS file sharing semantics, file attributes, and user credentials. These changes make CIFS a "first-class citizen" among other Solaris file system and file sharing technologies. This project will be associated with (and endorsed by) the Storage Community. The proposed leaders will be Joe Wesley, Alan Wright, and Cathleen Reiher. -- --------------------------XXXXXX---------------------- Joe Wesley Sun Microsystems Inc., Work: 781-730-4330 MS: UBUR01-204, Fax: 781-442-1520 45 Network Drive Burlington, MA 01803 ...................................................... _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
