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1version 1.22 July 30, 2004 1version 1.32 April 3, 2005
2 2
3A Partial List of Missing Features 3A Partial List of Missing Features
4================================== 4==================================
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ b) Better pam/winbind integration (e.g. to handle uid mapping
14better) 14better)
15 15
16c) multi-user mounts - multiplexed sessionsetups over single vc 16c) multi-user mounts - multiplexed sessionsetups over single vc
17(ie tcp session) - prettying up needed, and more testing needed 17(ie tcp session) - more testing needed
18 18
19d) Kerberos/SPNEGO session setup support - (started) 19d) Kerberos/SPNEGO session setup support - (started)
20 20
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ q) implement support for security and trusted categories of xattrs
67 67
68r) Implement O_DIRECT flag on open (already supported on mount) 68r) Implement O_DIRECT flag on open (already supported on mount)
69 69
70KNOWN BUGS (updated December 10, 2004) 70KNOWN BUGS (updated April 3, 2005)
71==================================== 71====================================
72See http://bugzilla.samba.org - search on product "CifsVFS" for
73current bug list.
74
721) existing symbolic links (Windows reparse points) are recognized but 751) existing symbolic links (Windows reparse points) are recognized but
73can not be created remotely. They are implemented for Samba and those that 76can not be created remotely. They are implemented for Samba and those that
74support the CIFS Unix extensions but Samba has a bug currently handling 77support the CIFS Unix extensions, although earlier versions of Samba
75symlink text beginning with slash 78overly restrict the pathnames.
762) follow_link and readdir code does not follow dfs junctions 792) follow_link and readdir code does not follow dfs junctions
77but recognizes them 80but recognizes them
783) create of new files to FAT partitions on Windows servers can 813) create of new files to FAT partitions on Windows servers can
@@ -98,7 +101,5 @@ there are some easy changes that can be done to parallelize sequential writes,
98and when signing is disabled to request larger read sizes (larger than 101and when signing is disabled to request larger read sizes (larger than
99negotiated size) and send larger write sizes to modern servers. 102negotiated size) and send larger write sizes to modern servers.
100 103
1014) More exhaustively test the recently added NT4 support against various 1044) More exhaustively test against less common servers. More testing
102NT4 service pack levels, and fix cifs_setattr for setting file times and 105against Windows 9x, Windows ME servers.
103size to fall back to level 1 when error invalid level returned.
104