Razvan Corneliu VILT wrote: > Sounds like the right solution to my problem in it solves a few problems, but > I am rather curious about how it would integrate with a potential Samba > server running on the same system (in case someone needs a domain controller > as well as a fileserver). > > 1 - Samba can store the DOS attributes of a file in an xattr. Can sharesmb do > that? If so, is it compatible with Samba? > 2 - Regarding that, are Resource_Forks/xattr/Alternate_data_streams supported? > 3 - How do I set share ACLs (allowed users, and their rights)? > 4 - How do I set the share name? > 5 - Will it support the smb2 protocol? > 5b - ill it work over IPv6? > 6 - Is Shadow Copy supported (using zfs snapshots) ? > 7 - How will it map nss users to domain users? Will it be able to connect to > Winbind? > 8 - Kerberos authentication support? > 9 - Will it support the NT priviledges? I could select a normal user on my > network, and with a simple net rpc rights grant SeBackupPrivilege, > SeRestorePrivilege, ACLs can be overridden by that user in a Windows > environment. A user of the sharesmb service might expect that. > > In my personal case, I need 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9. And I am sure that > more will come-up, as these are the ones that came to my mind right now. > > Anyway, congratulations on the sharesmb thing. If it has a > flexible/configurable implementation (for the ones with complex rules in an > environment), but with sane defaults (for normal, users), it will be a hit. > > Cheers, > Razvan >
You might find this presentation of interest. It was presented at the CIFS workshop recently. http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/slides/cifs-workshop-2007/cifs_workshop_2007_09_27.pdf It would be best to ask questions about the features of the CIFS server on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Mark _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss