Note: this is always Current on Gen4 appliances, so this setting
does not appear in the interface.
Specifies the method to use to directly access network shares (file://
URLs), i.e. for walking and Results Authorization:
Current: Use the current method, which is to use the
latest helper executable, supporting SMB 1, 2, and 3. Login
Info (here) is used for credentials. The
Network Share Protocols settings
(here) are in effect. No
mounts
(i.e. via Network Shares, here)
are needed nor used. HTML documents with components (e.g. frames) are not fully supported
with this method: the component fetches will return errors.
However the components will generally still be walked as separate
URLs, if they reside on the same network share/tree as their parent.
Legacy: Use the legacy method, which is to use
OS-mounted shares (via Network Shares,
here) for walking, and the older helper
executable for Results Authorization. Both only support SMB 1.
Neither Login Info (here) nor
Network Share Protocols are used. For non-SMB/CIFS filesystems
(e.g. NFS), Legacy must be used.
If Proxy (here) is set, this setting has no
effect, as the proxy is used instead.
If the platform the Parametric Search Appliance is running on does not support the Current
method, this setting has no effect (and will not be shown),
as the Legacy method
is used.
When this setting is Legacy, Network Share Protocols
(here)
is also not in effect or not shown.
