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@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ config CIFS
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support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
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well.
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+ The module also provides optional support for the followon
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+ protocols for CIFS including SMB3, which enables
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+ useful performance and security features (see the description
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+ of CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2).
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+
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The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
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client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
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support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
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@@ -121,7 +126,8 @@ config CIFS_ACL
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depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS
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help
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Allows fetching CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server. The DACL blob
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- is handed over to the application/caller.
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+ is handed over to the application/caller. See the man
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+ page for getcifsacl for more information.
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config CIFS_DEBUG
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bool "Enable CIFS debugging routines"
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@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT
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Allows NFS server to export a CIFS mounted share (nfsd over cifs)
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config CIFS_SMB2
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- bool "SMB2 network file system support"
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+ bool "SMB2 and SMB3 network file system support"
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depends on CIFS && INET
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select NLS
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select KEYS
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@@ -170,16 +176,21 @@ config CIFS_SMB2
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select DNS_RESOLVER
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help
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- This enables experimental support for the SMB2 (Server Message Block
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- version 2) protocol. The SMB2 protocol is the successor to the
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- popular CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB2 is the
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- native file sharing mechanism for recent versions of Windows
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- operating systems (since Vista). SMB2 enablement will eventually
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- allow users better performance, security and features, than would be
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- possible with cifs. Note that smb2 mount options also are simpler
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- (compared to cifs) due to protocol improvements.
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-
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- Unless you are a developer or tester, say N.
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+ This enables support for the Server Message Block version 2
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+ family of protocols, including SMB3. SMB3 support is
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+ enabled on mount by specifying "vers=3.0" in the mount
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+ options. These protocols are the successors to the popular
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+ CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB3 is the
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+ native file sharing mechanism for the more recent
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+ versions of Windows (Windows 8 and Windows 2012 and
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+ later) and Samba server and many others support SMB3 well.
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+ In general SMB3 enables better performance, security
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+ and features, than would be possible with CIFS (Note that
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+ when mounting to Samba, due to the CIFS POSIX extensions,
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+ CIFS mounts can provide slightly better POSIX compatibility
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+ than SMB3 mounts do though). Note that SMB2/SMB3 mount
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+ options are also slightly simpler (compared to CIFS) due
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+ to protocol improvements.
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config CIFS_FSCACHE
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bool "Provide CIFS client caching support"
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