Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6

[pandora-kernel.git] / fs / Kconfig

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index ad63dfd..9656139 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1899,13 +1899,15 @@ config CIFS
          file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4  
          and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
          server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
-         support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
-
-         The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
-         network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
-         including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
-         session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
-         packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements. 
+         support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
+         well.
+
+         The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
+         client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers.  It includes
+         support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
+         session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
+         safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
+         signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
          If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
 
 config CIFS_STATS
@@ -1937,7 +1939,8 @@ config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
          (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
          security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
          than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
-          SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
+         SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
+         establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
 
          Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
          LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
@@ -1945,8 +1948,8 @@ config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
          security mechanisms if you are on a public network.  Unless you
          have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private 
          network) you probably want to say N.  Even if this support
-         is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
-         automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
+         is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
+         used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
          can be set to required (or optional) either in
          /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
          option on the mount command. This support is disabled by 
@@ -2012,12 +2015,22 @@ config CIFS_UPCALL
          depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
          depends on KEYS
          help
-           Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
-           userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
-           tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
+           Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
+           userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
+           Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
            (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
            unsure, say N.
 
+config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+         bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+         depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+         depends on KEYS
+         help
+           Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
+           helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
+           IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
+           points. If unsure, say N.
+
 config NCP_FS
        tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
        depends on IPX!=n || INET
@@ -2124,4 +2137,3 @@ source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"
 
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