Contents of Version 4.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
•Initial release of FileServ on the following operating systems:
-Solaris Version 7.0.
> Supports Veritas Vxfs Version 3.3.2 (CR #334).
-IRIX Version 6.5.4 and 6.5.5.
•FileServ no longer supports the following operating systems:
-Solaris Version 2.6.
-IRIX Versions 6.5, 6.5.2, and 6.5.3.
DRIVE SUPPORT
•Initial support of the drives below. To update the system parameters to reflect the proper capacity, see “Update sysparm File with Media Capacity” on page 7 of these "Release Notes." and “Modify IRIX Kernel for SONY
-Sony Advanced Intelligent
-IBM 3590E1A (CR #374).
DRIVE RETRY LOGIC (CR #370)
• Added drive retries because of media read errors.
WEB INTERFACE (CR #336)
•Support for a new HTML web interface for FileServ functionality. The web server provided with this interface is Apache. For instructions on accessing this interface, see the /fs/www/web.config.README file installed during the installation process.
-Security issues are summarized below:
>The following factors determine what FileServ functionality is available to users of the HTML interface: (1) what user and group the httpd daemons are running as, (2) permissions on the HTML executables, and (3) whether or not the HTML directories are
>By adjusting the above factors, the system administrator has a lot of flexibility over how much of the FileServ functionality can be made available with the HTML interface.
>By default, the HTML interface is not valid for commands that require root permission.
>All traffic sent via Apache, including passwords, are sent as plain text using SSL (Secure Socket Layer), the industry standard encryption for web transmission. To provide security via SSL for Apache, search the web for “SSL” or “Apache” information.
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