


HP OpenVMS CIFS Version 1.1 ECO1
Release Notes


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Table of Contents
=================

About This Document

	Intended Audience
      	Document Organization
     	HP Encourages Your Comments

Introduction

      	Distribution Kit
      	How to Build HP CIFS Sources on OpenVMS
      	General Information

Features

     New Features Provided by HP CIFS Server Version 1.1
          ECO1
     New Features Provided by HP CIFS Server Version 1.1

Problems Fixed

Known Problems

Limitations







About this Document
===================
This release notes describes the features, problems fixed,
known problems, and limitations found in HP CIFS Server.


Intended Audience                               
---------------------
This document is intended for OpenVMS system administrators
and network administrators. For more information about the
HP CIFS Server, see the HP CIFS Server documentation:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/CIFS.html


Document Organization  
---------------------
The document is organized as follows:

  
Introduction Provides information about HP CIFS
	       Server software.

Features Describes the features.
  
Problems Fixed Describes the problems fixed.

Known Problems Describes the known problems.
 
Limitations Describes the limitations.


 
HP Encourages Your Comments                           
---------------------

HP encourages your comments and suggestions on this
document. Please send comments to:

openvmsdoc@hp.com


 
Introduction
=============                             

Distribution Kit
-----------------                                


The HP CIFS Server software is supported on OpenVMS Alpha
and OpenVMS Integrity server systems. The kit names for:

    * OpenVMS Alpha Versions 8.2 and 8.3 is:

      HP-AXPVMS-SAMBA-V0101-1-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED

    * OpenVMS Integrity server Versions 8.2-1, 8.3, and
      8.3-1H1 is:

      HP-I64VMS-SAMBA-V0101-1-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED



Mandatory Kits
---------------

The following kits must be installed prior to installing
the HP CIFS Version 1.1 ECO1 kit:

Table 1-1 Mandatory Kits
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      OpenVMS
  Kit Name                                            Version  Architecture
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  HP-I64VMS-VMS831H1I_ACRTL-V0300--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED  8.3-1H1  Integrity
                                                               Servers


  HP-I64VMS-VMS83I_ACRTL-V0700--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED     8.3      Integrity
                                                               Servers


  HP-I64VMS-VMS821I_ACRTL-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED    8.2-1    Integrity
                                                               Servers


  DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_ACRTL-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED    8.3      Alpha


  DEC-AXPVMS-VMS82A_ACRTL-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED    8.2      Alpha			
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  

Disk Space Requirement
-------------------------

Table 1-2 lists the disk space required for installing the
software.

Table 1-2 Disk Space Requirements
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Disk Space (approximate
  Operating System                    block size)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 and V8.3         92727


  OpenVMS Integrity server V8.2-1,    106311
  V8.3, and V8.3-1H1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 


  
How to Build HP CIFS Sources on OpenVMS   
----------------------------------------

Following are the steps to build the HP CIFS sources on
OpenVMS:

   1. Extract the sources provided with the HP CIFS PCSI file
      from SAMBA$SRC.BCK to a directory on your disk.

      To extract the source files after the installation
      completes, enter the following command:

      $ PRODUCT EXTRACT FILE SAMBA /SELECT=SAMBA$SRC.BCK/
      SOURCE=[TEST1]

      The PCSI utility extracts the SAMBA$SRC.BCK file from
      the kit to the [TEST1] directory, which is the default
      directory.

            NOTE: The HP CIFS source can be extracted during
            installation by using the steps provided in the
            sample installation log. For more information, see
            Appendix A in the HP OpenVMS CIFS Administrator's
            Guide.
 
   2. Install the latest HP C compiler to build the sources.
      Also, you need to install HP Module Management System
      for OpenVMS.

   3. Execute BUILD.COM in source directory.

        + If BUILD.COM is executed with the RELEASE
          parameter, all the executables are placed in the
          [.BIN.REL] directory.

        + If BUILD.COM is executed with the DEBUG parameter,
          all the executables are placed in the [.BIN.DBG]
          directory.

General Information                                    
----------------------

This section describes the information specific to HP CIFS
Server.

    * Before installing HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 ECO1,
      ensure that you are not running HP CIFS Server version
      prior to Version 1.0. If a version prior to HP CIFS
      Server Version 1.0 exists on the system, you must
      remove it and then verify the following:

       1. Remove all the files under SAMBA_ROOT:[000000].

       2. Logical names starting with SAMBA* must be
          deassigned.

       3. After installing HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 ECO1,
          if you are copying existing SMB.CONF file to
          SAMBA$ROOT:[LIB], you must change the following
          lines:

            o SAMBA_ROOT with SAMBA$ROOT

            o guest account = SAMBA__GUEST with guest account
              = SAMBA$GUEST

    * Users must install the latest C RTL ECO kits before
      installing the HP CIFS Server software. Please contact
      HP customer support centers to get the latest C RTL
      kit.

    * Uninstalling the HP CIFS Server software displays a
      prompt whether to retain the SMB.CONF and TDB files.
      Selecting the "No" option removes all the files
      including the configuration files.

    * The default SYSUAF account template, SAMBA$TMPLT can be
      used to create new OpenVMS user accounts for HP CIFS
      Server.

      For more information about how to create new OpenVMS
      user accounts, see the HP OpenVMS CIFS Administrator's
      Guide.

    * While adding new users to OpenVMS, ensure that the UIC
      is unique and use /ADD_IDENTIFIER qualifier while
      creating the user. After the user is created, ensure
      that the user identifier matches with the user name,
      and the DISUSER flag is not set.

    * The installation of HP CIFS Server creates four OpenVMS
      user accounts, namely, SAMBA$SMBD, SAMBA$NMBD,
      SAMBA$GUEST, and SAMBA$TMPLT. These accounts are
      internal to HP CIFS Server. You are advised not to
      modify or change any attributes of SAMBA$SMBD,
      SAMBA$NMBD, and SAMBA$GUEST accounts.

    * Whenever the path for any share is omitted in the
      SMB.CONF file, HP CIFS Server selects SAMBA$ROOT:[TMP]
      as the default path. For example:

      [test1] comment = Home Directories

      browseable = yes

      read only = no

      create mode = 0750

      In this case, there is no path defined for [test1], by
      default HP CIFS Server will point to SAMBA$ROOT:[TMP
      directory.

    * The printer functionality is tested only in the
      following environments:

        + Windows 2000/XP clients

        + PS/PCL HP drivers

    * Executing SAMBA$SHUTDOWN.COM terminates all client
      sessions or processes in addition to stopping the NMBD
      process and must be run during system shutdown.

    * HP CIFS Server honors only the default privileges of an
      OpenVMS user account.

    * Migration utility will be provided as a separate kit
      from HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 onwards. The migration
      utility can be downloaded from the following web
      address:

      http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/CIFS_for_Samba.html


Features
========= 

  This chapter describes the features of HP CIFS Server. Some
  of the main features supported by HP CIFS Server include:

    * ODS-5 and ODS-2 disks

    * Unicode characters or extended characters

    * VTF-7 and UTF-8 character encoding

    * NFS and DFS mounted disk

    * DOS attributes (read only and archive)

    * Group functionality similar to UNIX

    * Multiple client connections through terminal server

    * VAR, Stream and Stream_LF file formats

New Features Provided by HP CIFS Server Version 1.1
ECO1                                                    
--------------------------------------------------------

The section lists the new features provided in this
release:

    * Supports CONTROL flag.

       a. When security is set on a file from a Windows
          system, the "Full Permission" have been mapped to
          READ+WRITE+EXECUTE+DELETE+CONTROL permission for
          that ACE on the OpenVMS system.

       b. Windows "Take Ownership" and "Change permission"
          have been mapped to CONTROL on OpenVMS system.

       c. The normal user who has "Full Permission", "Take
          Ownership" or "Change Permission" on a file/folder
          can now grant permissions to other users/groups for
          that particular file/folder.

    * Allows administrators to modify owner of the file/
      folder by changing the ownership to either a Windows
      domain-user/-group or HP CIFS-user/-group.

    * Supports the reading of sequential files with record
      formats of Fixed Length, Undefined, and files with
      Indexed file organization.

    * Allows HP CIFS Server to create files in a Stream_LF
      record format using the new SMB.CONF share level
      parameter vms rms format (rather than the default
      Stream record format).

     
    NOTE: Previously, this feature was controlled using
          the vfs objects parameter with a value of streamlf.
     
      By default, the value for vms rms format parameter is
      stream.

      To create files with a Stream_LF record format, specify
      the following in the share section of the SMB.CONF file
      for the applicable share:

      vms rms format = streamlf

   
        NOTE: The parameter vfs objects = varvfc has to be
        added either for each share definition or in the
        [global] section of the SMB.CONF file.
      
    * Creates SMBD process dumps in a single directory.

      HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 ECO1 for OpenVMS provides a
      logical SAMBA$PROCDMP, which can be defined
      system-wide. In case there is an abnormal termination
      of the SMBD process, the SMBD process dump is created
      in the directory pointed by this logical.

    * SMBSTATUS displays node specific HP CIFS Server
      information by using the option --nodename=<nodename>

    * Supports migration from Advanced Server PDC to HP CIFS
      Server PDC.

    * Supports Windows 2008.

      To support this feature, set the global SMB.CONF
      parameter "require strongkey" to "yes" as shown:

      [global]

      require strongkey = yes

New Features Provided by HP CIFS Server Version 1.1
-----------------------------------------------------   

The section lists the features provided by HP CIFS Server
Version 1.1:

    * The code is based on Samba Version 3.0.28a

    * Improved performance of HP CIFS Server software

    * Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients

    * Supports port 445

    * Supports Primary Domain Controller (PDC)

    * NTLMv2 support for Windows Vista clients

    * VFC file support

    * Improved TDB handling

      To improve the TBD performance, hashing algorithm used
      for generating the TDB keys has been changed. Thus,
      after installing HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 on the
      existing HP CIFS Server Version 1.0 kit, HP CIFS
      Version 1.0 TDB files needs to be migrated to Version
      1.1 TDB files. During installation of HP CIFS Version
      1.1, a TDB migration utility will automatically migrate
      HP CIFS Server Version 1.0 TDB files to HP CIFS Server
      Version 1.1 TDB files.

    
    * Inheritance of ACLs set on parent objects to child
      objects

    * "OPTIONS=DEFAULT" and "DEFAULT_PROTECTION" support in
      ACEs

 
Problems Fixed
===============    


This chapter describes the problems fixed in HP CIFS
Server.

* Unable to Access Home Share on ODS-2 Disks

OpenVMS users who have a login directory pointing to an
ODS-2 disk are not able to access the home share present on
the ODS-2 disk.

* HP CIFS Server does not Honour Permissions for Built-in
  Group Users or Resource Identifier cifs$users

When a user accesses an HP CIFS share that has full
permission granted for the built-in group Users or the
resource identifier cifs$users associated with it, the user
is unable to access the share.

* Unable to Rename/Delete File if Host Owner has no
  Permission

If two VMS users belonging to the same UIC group and the
group has no permission to delete a folder, one
corresponding domain user cannot delete or rename the files
created by the other user. This happens despite the
resource identifier granted to these accounts has full
permissions to do so.

* Unable to Access Files if User is Mapped by username. map
  File

If a domain user is host mapped to a VMS user using
username.map file, the permissions granted to a share for
the domain group to which the user belongs is not honoured.

* Unable to Set Share Permissions Using Computer Management

With HP CIFS Server Version 1.1, an administrator cannot
set share permissions using Computer Management utility
present on Windows.

* SMBD Process Crashes During File Creation/Modification/
  Deletion in a Share

SMBD crashes if change notify = no is not present in the
SMB.CONF file and/or also if the share path name in the
SMB.CONF file is a logical name instead of the full VMS
pathname.

* HP CIFS Server Ignores "vms path names" Set to "no"

Share path names in UNIX path format existing on ODS-5 disk
get converted to VMS path format, even if vms path names =
no is specified for the share.

* SMBD Process Crashes at Multiple Places

SMBD process crashes at multiple places due to memory
corruption.

* TDB Migration Utility Crashes While Migrating HP CIFS
  Version 1.0 TDBs

During installation of HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 kit, TDB
migration utility crashes while migrating HP CIFS Version
1.0 format TDBs to HP CIFS Version 1.1 format TDBs.

* Unable to Print a Document if Data Exceeds Buffer Size

After the spool file is created during a print operation
and if the data exceeds the user's buffer size, the
document is not printed.

* NET RPC GROUP MEMBERS Crashes While Listing Global Group
  Members

When $ NET RPC GROUP MEMBERS is executed, sometimes it
results in a NET utility crash.

* User Permissions Disappear While Setting Permissions on
  Files

In some cases, while setting permissions on files or
folders from Windows the existing user permissions might
disappear.

* Too Many Audit Log Messages for Process Creation

For each SMBD process creation, audit messages are logged
leading to the accumulation of log messages.

* SMBD Process Loops During Directory Enumeration from
  Windows

With HP CIFS Server Version 1.1, SMBD process loops during
directory enumeration from Windows if the share section
contains the following SMB.CONF parameters:

  [sharename]

  vms path names = no

  vfs objects = vtf

* Audit/Alarm Messages Generated While Trying to Access a
  File

When a non-privileged user who is not an OWNER of a file
tries to access the file having READ, WRITE, DELETE, and
EXECUTE protection for WORLD, the following audit/alarm
message gets logged:

  "%SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV, insufficient privilege or object
  protection violation"

* NET RPC VAMPIRE Utility Crashes While Migrating User
  Accounts

When NET RPC VAMPIRE utility is executed to migrate user
accounts, it crashes with the following error message:

  %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04,
  virtual address=00000000000002EE, PC=00000000005C30A0, PS=
  0000001B
  %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK

* SMBD Process Crashes When Servicing Two User Sessions

From a Windows client that is a member of the HP CIFS PDC,
if two different user sessions are established to the HP
CIFS Server, it leads to the abnormal termination of the
SMBD process that serves these session requests.

* SMBD Process Crashes if the SYSUAF File has READ Access to
  WORLD

When READ permission is granted to WORLD for the System
Authorization file instead of the default protection, and
when a normal user tries to connect to the HP CIFS server,
the SMBD process created for this user session abnormally
terminates.

* Unable to Print to HP CIFS Server from a Normal Domain
  Account

Unable to print to an HP CIFS Server when the session to
the HP CIFS Server is established using a normal domain
user account and this account is mapped to the VMS host
account with minimum privileges using username map file.

* Accumulation of browse.dat Files in Cluster

When the HP CIFS Server is configured on multiple nodes in
a cluster that uses common samba$root disk, all the nodes
running the HP CIFS Server uses the same browse.dat file.
This leads to an accumulation of browse.dat files as there
is no synchronization in writing to the browse.dat file.

 
Known Problems       
=============

This chapter describes the known problems in HP CIFS
Server.

* SMBD Process Crashes if SMB.CONF Parameter "admin users"
  Contains a User Without an Account

Problem:
--------
If the SMB.CONF parameter "admin users" contains a name for
which there is no account, it causes the SMBD process to
crash.

Workaround:
-----------
Remove the nonexistent user from the list of users in
"admin users" parameter or create an account for this user.

* NET RPC VAMPIRE Utility Fails

Problem:
--------
$NET RPC VAMPIRE "-S" <AS-NODE-NAME> "-U<adminusername>
%password" command fails with the following error message:

Fetching DOMAIN database

Receiving SMB: Server stopped responding

rpc_api_pipe: Remote machine<AS-NODE-NAME> pipe \NETLOGON
fnum 0x4returned critical error.

Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after
10000 milliseconds

Failed to fetch domain database: NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT
This occurs due to timing issues.

Workaround:
----------
Execute the command with the debug log level 10 as shown:

$NET RPC VAMPIRE "-S" <AS-NODE-NAME> "-U<adminusername>
%password" -d10

* NET RPC VAMPIRE Utility Response Delayed

Problem:
--------
$NET RPC VAMPIRE "-S" <AS-NODE-NAME> "-U<adminusername>
%password" takes a long time to respond.

This command tries to communicate through port 445, which
takes a long time to respond.

Workaround:
-----------
The solution is to hard code the port number to 139 as
shown:

$NET RPC VAMPIRE "-S" <AS-NODE-NAME> "-U<adminusername>
%password" --port 139

* NET RPC JOIN or NET RPC TESTJOIN Fails with an Error
  Message

Problem:
--------
While configuring HP CIFS Server as member server to a
domain with Advanced Server for OpenVMS (ASV) as PDC in a
cluster environment, the following error message is
displayed:

Error in domain join verification (credential setup
failed):

NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME

Workaround:
-----------
If the cluster alias name exists for ASV, you must specify
the ASV cluster alias name when attempting to communicate
with the ASV. This can be done using "-S" or ""server"
option on the NET commands and in HP CIFS Server utilities.

* Protections and ACLs are not Displayed Correctly

Problem:
--------
Protections and ACLs are not displayed correctly on Windows
by right-clicking and selecting Properties -> Security
option.

Workaround:
------------
In order to avoid this problem, click on "Advanced" tab on
the Properties dialog box to view the correct values set on
a particular file or directory. HP will address this
problem in a future release of HP CIFS Server .

* SMBPASSWD Utility Crash

Problem:
--------
Unprivileged users attempting to change the password by
using the SMBPASSWD utility results in a crash.

Workaround:
-----------
An administrator can log in to OpenVMS system using a
privileged account and use SMBPASSWD utility to modify user
passwords.

On a Windows client, user can change the password by
pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then clicking the "change
password" button.

* "The Network Name cannot be Found" Error Message

"The network name cannot be found" is a common error
message and is due to one of the following
misconfigurations:

    * User trying to access the share does not have
      sufficient permissions. To access the share, user needs
      to be granted the Read (r) permission

    * User specified a share name that does not exist.

* Unable to Copy Files from a Server

Problem:
--------
When a user attempts to copy files from server to a client,
the following error message is displayed:

"Cannot copy/read <filename> : The request could not be
performed because of an IO device error"

or

"Cannot copy <filename> : cannot read from the source file"

"Cannot copy <filename>: Specified network name is no"

This happens if few files in the directory are
Variable-length record formatted files, where File's header
identification area does not contain the valid "Record
Count" and "Data Byte Count" in the file length hints.
   

Workaround:
-----------
Update the file length hint region by executing the ANALYZE
/RMS/UPDATE command on the directory content.

* File Size Allocated on the Disk is more than the Actual
File Size

Problem:
--------
When an attempt is made to save a text file using Notepad
application, the following error message is displayed:

"file already exists, do you want to overwrite"

When you overwrite the file, it occupies 10000 blocks (5MB)
even though the size of the file is just 1 block.

Workaround:
-----------
Edit SAMBA$SMBD_STARTUP.COM file and change the value for /
EXTEND_QUANTITY as shown:

$ SEARCH [BIN]SAMBA$SMBD_STARTUP.COM;1 10000

$ SET RMS_DEFAULT /EXTEND_QUANTITY=1

$!

* Unable to Create PowerPoint Presentation File on ODS-2
  Disks

Problem:
---------
On ODS-2 disks, if the user tries to create a new Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation file by right-clicking and
selecting New -> Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation, HP CIFS
Server fails to create the presentation file as the encoded
file name exceeds 39 characters.

Workaround:
-----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* HP CIFS Utilities Crash

Problem:
--------
Executing HP CIFS Server utilities such as PDBEDIT from a
user account that does not match the Rights Identifier
results in a crash.

Workaround:
-----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* NET RPC JOIN Command Fails

Problem:
--------
When using the "-I" option with the $ NET RPC JOIN command,
it fails with the following error message:

$ NET RPC JOIN "-UADMINISTRATOR%IONETADM$1" "-I"
16.113.6.131

[2007/10/11 17:35:28, 0] SAMBA$SRC:[SOURCE.UTILS]
NET_RPC_JOIN.C;1:(349)

Error in domain join verification (credential setup
failed):

NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME

Unable to join domain IONETW2K3.

Workaround:
------------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Problem with User Mappings Stored in username. map File

Problem:
----------
User mappings stored in the username map file do not work
if the file format is other than Stream record format.

Workaround:
------------
In order to avoid this problem, ensure that you use the
username.map file located in the directory SAMBA$ROOT:
[LIB]. If you create a user name map file on OpenVMS
system, convert the file to Stream record format by
executing the following command:

$ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM:STM,MRS:0,LRL:0) SAMBA$ROOT:[LIB]
  <USERNAME MAP FILENAME>

* Problem with VFS Sharable on a Share

Problem:
---------
On ODS-2 disk, if you specify "VARVFC" VFS sharable on a
share, server becomes slow and sometimes operation fails
due to large number of files.

Workaround:
-----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Unable to Open MS-Office Documents from the Other Client

Problem:
---------
On OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 and OpenVMS Integrity servers V8.2-1,
you may fail to open the MS-Office documents from the
second client.

Workaround:
------------
This is a limitation on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 and OpenVMS
Integrity servers V8.2-1 due to the non-availability of the
byte range locking API. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* "net time" Utility Crash

Problem:
----------
On OpenVMS Alpha, "net time" utility crashes with "-d2"
option.

Workaround:
------------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Telnetsymbion Print Queues Prints Arbitrary Characters

Problem:
---------
If HP CIFS Server is configured with Telnetsymbion printer
queue and tries to print a text file using the Notepad, an
arbitrary character is printed.

Workaround:
-----------
Use the DCPS or LPD OpenVMS print queue which provides
libraries by default. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Setting Client Capacity with SAMBA$CONFIG

Problem:
---------
The client capacity is to set to double the number that is
specified. Since HP CIFS Server Version 1.1 provides
support for connection on TCP port 445 (SMB over TCP/IP) in
addition to TCP port 139 (SMB over NetBIOS TCP/IP), the
"client capacity" set by SAMBA$CONFIG.COM is really double
what the administrator specifies.

For example, if the admin specifies a value of 50, the
SMBD445 service has a limit of 50 and so does the SMBD
service.

Workaround:
-----------
You can divide the client capacity numbers between the 139
and 445 ports. HP will address this problem in a future
release of HP CIFS Server.

* Issues while Adding Advanced Server for OpenVMS as Member
  Server

Problem:
---------
While adding Advanced Server for OpenVMS as a member server
to HP CIFS PDC, there are issues while establishing secure
channel with HP CIFS PDC, admin logon and so on.

Workaround:
----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Using Groups in Username Map File does not work

Problem:
---------
The functionality of using a group name in the username.map
file does not work.

Workaround:
-----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Issues with NET RPC TRUSTDOM Commands

Problem:
---------
If you are trying to add a trust without a corresponding
OpenVMS account (with the name <domain>$) fails without any
error message. The command completes as though it is
successful but actually it has failed.

If you are trying to list the trusted domain entries
containing the word "none" even when there are valid
entries in the list.

Workaround:
------------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

* NMBD Process Starts Looping when Configured for WINS Server

Problem:
---------
When HP CIFS Server is configured for WINS server with the
following setting in the SMB.CONF file:

  [global]
  wins support = yes

NMBD process becomes compute bound.

Workaround:
-----------
Currently, HP CIFS does not support WINS server. So, set
the wins support = no in the SMB.CONF file. HP will address
this problem in a future release of HP CIFS Server.

* Problem Handling StreamLF and Record Formatted Files

Problem:
---------
HP CIFS Server does not support both StreamLF and VARVFC
VFS object specification (that is, vfs objects=varvfc
streamLF) in a share.

Workaround:
------------
Use the configuration setting"vms rms format = streamlf"
for creating the files in StreamLF format. For more
information, see "New Features Provided by HP CIFS Server
Version 1.1 ECO1".

* Problems with Share Level Security

Problem:
----------
Share level security does not allow any users to login.

Workaround:
-------------
You must have SAMBA$GUEST account in the passdb.tdb
database. HP will address this problem in a future release
of HP CIFS Server.

* NET RPC FILE CLOSE Command does not work

Problem:
----------
When the user tries to close an open file using NET RPC
CLOSE FILE <fileID> command, it fails without any error
message.

Workaround:
-----------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.


* Cannot Login to Windows Vista with Microsoft Signing
  Enabled

Problem:
--------
Currently, with SMB signing enabled on client ("Microsoft
network client: Digitally sign communication (always)") and
server, Windows client can be added successfully as a
workstation to the domain. But after joining the domain
successfully, Windows cannot login using the HP CIFS
account and the following error message is displayed:

"The trust relationship between this workstation and the
 primary domain controller failed."

With "Microsoft network client: Digitally sign
communication (if server agrees)" enabled both joining and
login works fine.

Workaround:
------------
There is no workaround. HP will address this problem in a
future release of HP CIFS Server.

 
Limitations                              
==============

This chapter describes the limitations in HP CIFS Server.
The limitations that are applicable to HP CIFS Server on
OpenVMS Integrity servers are also applicable to HP CIFS
Server on OpenVMS Alpha.

    * With HP CIFS Server, it is not possible to access or
      create a directory containing "." (dot) in its name
      when the directory is located on an ODS-2 disk.

    * Arbitrary characters are displayed when a VFC file with
      record attribute "Fortran Carriage Return (RAT:FTN)"
      with formfeed characters in it is viewed using the
      Microsoft Notepad.

    * On OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2 and OpenVMS Integrity
      servers Version 8.2-1, there is severe performance
      degradation as FCNTL API lacks the SETLKI feature
      required for byte range locking.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support External
      Authentication.

    * The SMB.CONF printing parameter is hard-coded to the
      value "OpenVMS" and cannot be changed.

    * The SMB.CONF load printers parameter is hard-coded to
      the value "NO" and cannot be changed.

    * Printcap file is not supported on HP CIFS Server.

    * If the file share are present on ODS-2 disk, HP CIFS
      Server does not support Unicode characters in file
      names.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support Windows Administrative
      tools such as User Manager.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support either LMHOSTS file or
      Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server for cluster
      alias name resolution.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support SMB File Systems
      (SMBFS).

    * The Windows 200x or Windows XP Microsoft Management
      Console (MMC) cannot be used to manage HP CIFS Server.

    * While using the VTF modules you cannot create
      directories with non-ASCII characters on Windows.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support SMBPASSWD backend.


    * HP CIFS Server does not support "Hidden" file
      attribute.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support "smbcquotas" utility as
      the quotas are not supported by the VMS server.

    * On HP CIFS Server, there is a limit on the maximum
      number of users that can be created automatically. This
      restriction is due to the SYSUAF database group on
      OpenVMS as the UIC value cannot be greater than 37776
      (Octal) which equals to 16382 (decimal). If the number
      of automatically created users exceeds the limit, then
      HP CIFS Server fails with the following error message
      in the log file if the log level is set to greater than
      5. 
	
	334598850 
      Which translates to %UAF-E-UICERR, error in UIC
      specification.

    * HP CIFS Server does not support "SECURITY=ADS" mode.

    * If HP CIFS Server is configured as PDC, the name of the
      workstations that are getting added to HP CIFS Server
      PDC must not exceed 11 characters. This limitation is
      due to the OpenVMS user name length limited to 12
      characters in SYSUAF database.


                                       
