CIFS and AIX shares?

[Charles Lavin]

Hi --

When we migrated to a new AIX 5.3 box, we didn't install SAMBA on it,
choosing instead to use the built-in CIFS system to get to the Windows
shares that AIX needed to get to.

But there are a few AIX shares that the Windows servers need to get to as
well. And I can't figure out how to set up these directories so that they'll
be visible to Windows.

How do I set up a CIFS share on an AIX server so that it can be accessed by
a Windows box?

Thanks,
CL

[Uwe Auer]

Charles Lavin schrieb:

Hi,

looks like you got a misunderstanding. AIX does not support *export* shares
(filesystem) to Windows machines using CIFS/SMB protocol natively. To achive
sharing AIX filesystem *to* Windows servers you need either:
- SAMBA on AIX (then using CIFS/SMB protocol) *or*
- some NFS Client Software on Windows (the using NFS protocol)

The story is different, if you want *import* CIFS filesystem *from* a Windows
Server. This is supported by AIX natively by using mount option "-v cifs".

Regards,
Uwe Auer

[ColombianJoker]

Like was explained, AIX has an integrated CIFS *client* but not a CIFS
*server*.
Try installing Samba (from your chosen opensource repository) or
FastConnect (an IBM Product, with a demo on the AIX media).

[Charles Lavin]

Ah ...

Back to Samba, then ...

It's just as well. Those CIFS shares keep dismounting for no really good
reason ...

Thanks to both of you!

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