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most points are valid (but known). ... but some are strange. why should a filesystem implement a cifs export? ok, zfs does it. but why should it?

• 4ad 14y ago
  It's not about who implements an SMB server (it's a separate layered filesystem, smbfs, on Solaris, not ZFS itself) but about the convenience of doing only: # zfs set sharesmb=on export/home and configuring access just by setting (with chmod) the Windows compatible ACLs on the ZFS filesystem itself. Authentication can also work as expected in a Windows shop. Doing all this in Samba is a PITA.
  • zdw 14y ago
    Has anyone tried to use Samba4's Active Directory implementation with Illumos ZFS SMB support (ie, without Samba's SMB implementation) ?
    • 4ad 14y ago
      No, why would they? It's not needed, a Solaris server can join a Windows Active Directory domain.
      • fragmede 14y ago
        I think zdw is asking if Samba can be the Active Directory controller while using the ZFS SMB stack.
        • zdw 14y ago
          Exactly - if it worked, it would be a solid Windows server replacement for storage focused deployments.
  • ibotty 14y ago
    win compatible acls are incompatible to posix acls. that's hard to argue away.
    • 4ad 14y ago
      ZFS has NT ACLs, not POSIX ACLs.
• X-Istence 14y ago
  The file system doesn't implement it, the commands simply let you turn it on or off. CIFS is built into the kernel much like NFS on Solaris/OpenIndiana.
  • ibotty 14y ago
    but why should it care about it? it's a whole different stack...