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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README index a9da51553ba3..99ce3d25003d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/README @@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ Information Foundation. CIFS and now SMB3 has now become a defacto standard for interoperating between Macs and Windows and major NAS appliances. Please see + MS-SMB2 (for detailed SMB2/SMB3/SMB3.1.1 protocol specification) http://protocolfreedom.org/ and http://samba.org/samba/PFIF/ for more details. For questions or bug reports please contact: - sfrench@samba.org (sfrench@us.ibm.com) + smfrench@gmail.com See the project page at: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils @@ -37,15 +38,15 @@ Installation instructions: ========================= If you have built the CIFS vfs as module (successfully) simply type "make modules_install" (or if you prefer, manually copy the file to -the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.o). +the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko). If you have built the CIFS vfs into the kernel itself, follow the instructions for your distribution on how to install a new kernel (usually you would simply type "make install"). -If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 3.0 source tree and on -the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount.smbfs and -similar files reside (usually /sbin). Although the helper software is not +If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 4.x source tree and on +the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount helpers +reside (usually /sbin). Although the helper software is not required, mount.cifs is recommended. Most distros include a "cifs-utils" package that includes this utility so it is recommended to install this. @@ -118,10 +119,13 @@ this can become unwieldy when potential mount targets include many or unpredictable UNC names. Samba Considerations -==================== -To get the maximum benefit from the CIFS VFS, we recommend using a server that -supports the SNIA CIFS Unix Extensions standard (e.g. Samba 2.2.5 or later or -Samba 3.0) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers. +==================== +Most current servers support SMB2.1 and SMB3 which are more secure, +but there are useful protocol extensions for the older less secure CIFS +dialect, so to get the maximum benefit if mounting using the older dialect +(CIFS/SMB1), we recommend using a server that supports the SNIA CIFS +Unix Extensions standard (e.g. almost any version of Samba ie version +2.2.5 or later) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers. Note that uid, gid and file permissions will display default values if you do not have a server that supports the Unix extensions for CIFS (such as Samba 2.2.5 or later). To enable the Unix CIFS Extensions in the Samba server, add @@ -603,11 +607,6 @@ Stats Lists summary resource usage information as well as per in the kernel configuration. Configuration pseudo-files: -PacketSigningEnabled If set to one, cifs packet signing is enabled - and will be used if the server requires - it. If set to two, cifs packet signing is - required even if the server considers packet - signing optional. (default 1) SecurityFlags Flags which control security negotiation and also packet signing. Authentication (may/must) flags (e.g. for NTLM and/or NTLMv2) may be combined with @@ -666,8 +665,6 @@ traceSMB If set to one, debug information is logged to the LookupCacheEnable If set to one, inode information is kept cached for one second improving performance of lookups (default 1) -OplockEnabled If set to one, safe distributed caching enabled. - (default 1) LinuxExtensionsEnabled If set to one then the client will attempt to use the CIFS "UNIX" extensions which are optional protocol enhancements that allow CIFS servers |