On 6/13/07, Stephen C. Losen scl@sasha.acc.virginia.edu wrote:
On 6/13/07, Stephen C. Losen scl@sasha.acc.virginia.edu wrote:
The new filers have arrived and I have been playing around with them and have these observations:
- The builtin CIFS license is read only. You can map the C$ share (provided that you use "cifs access" to enable access) but you can only read.
I use the restricted CIFS to edit files from /etc on a daily basis ... I'm pretty sure you can write as well :)
I used smbclient on linux and tried the "mkdir" command. I got a permission denied error and I got this in the messages file:
Wed Jun 13 10:13:41 EDT [cifs.access.license.unlicensed:ALERT]: CIFS: LICENSE VIOLATION - attempt to make a directory for a CIFS client on a filer licensed for FCP.
This is on DOT 7.2.2. I didn't try to edit anything, just make a directory.
Oh it's possible that this indeed doen't work (makes sense, why else would you need to license CIFS? :) ), however, editing configfiles, reading logfiles, uploading ONTAP and firmware packages works great :)
Rather than use CIFS I found that having a root account in /etc/passwd with a password allows me to ftp in as root and there I have mkdir, rmdir, rm, ls, and file upload and download. Unfortunately, ftp sends the password in clear text. I will probably leave ftpd disabled and only enable it when I need it. Since this is a FC SAN only filer, I think that ftp will satisfy all my admin needs.
Steve Losen scl@virginia.edu phone: 434-924-0640
University of Virginia ITC Unix Support