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List:       opensolaris-storage-discuss
Subject:    Re: [storage-discuss] Project Proposal: CIFS Server
From:       John Forte <John.Forte () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2007-10-26 17:55:16
Message-ID: 47222A04.1080808 () sun ! com
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Joseph Wesley - Sun Microsystems 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.
>
>   

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