Brandorr wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Joseph Wesley - Sun Microsystems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Is this based on Samba code or Sun's PC Netlink code base? (I suspect
> the later).
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
Brian,
Neither. Its based on the CIFS codebase currently delivered on Sun's
StorageTek
NAS (non-Solaris) product line(53xx,52xx).
-joe.
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