Filing a record from a CIFS mounted drive

CIFS is one of the most popular ways to access the Alfresco repository from a desktop without having to use a specialized software application. We can use CIFS to file records within the Records Management site or documents into a standard Share site, Document Libraries.

What is CIFS?

CIFS stands for Common Internet File System. It is a protocol that was originally created by Microsoft to allow a Windows 95/98/NT client machine to access files stored on another Windows machine. It allows remote access to files on another computer.

Alfresco's CIFS technology is based on a Java implementation of the protocol created by Microsoft called JLAN. But JLAN is richer than just CIFS. It also supports NFS and FTP protocols as well as authentication like Kerberos, NTLM, and Active Directory. Alfresco acquired JLAN in 2005 and later converted it into an Open Source technology using a GPLv2 license.

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The JLAN technology is embedded in Alfresco and it is also...