(CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
(SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
- file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
- and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
+ file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, Windows 2008,
+ NT 4 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
well.
(such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
+config CIFS_ACL
+ bool "Provide CIFS ACL support"
+ depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS
+ help
+ Allows fetching CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server. The DACL blob
+ is handed over to the application/caller.
+
config CIFS_DEBUG2
bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
depends on CIFS
IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
points. If unsure, say N.
-config CIFS_FSCACHE
- bool "Provide CIFS client caching support"
- depends on CIFS=m && FSCACHE || CIFS=y && FSCACHE=y
- help
- Makes CIFS FS-Cache capable. Say Y here if you want your CIFS data
- to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache
- manager. If unsure, say N.
-
-config CIFS_ACL
- bool "Provide CIFS ACL support"
- depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS
- help
- Allows to fetch CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server. The DACL blob
- is handed over to the application/caller.
-
config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT
bool "Allow nfsd to export CIFS file system (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
config CIFS_SMB2
bool "SMB2 network file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET
+ depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL && INET
select NLS
select KEYS
select FSCACHE
(compared to cifs) due to protocol improvements.
Unless you are a developer or tester, say N.
+
+config CIFS_FSCACHE
+ bool "Provide CIFS client caching support"
+ depends on CIFS=m && FSCACHE || CIFS=y && FSCACHE=y
+ help
+ Makes CIFS FS-Cache capable. Say Y here if you want your CIFS data
+ to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache
+ manager. If unsure, say N.
+