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diff --git a/source/msdfs/README b/source/msdfs/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0e924b31dce --- /dev/null +++ b/source/msdfs/README @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Setting up MS Dfs in Samba +kalele@veritas.com March 2000 + +Currently, MS Dfs support is a configure time parameter (--with-msdfs). Can be changed later to always compile it in.. + +To have a server announce itself as a Dfs server, add a "host msdfs=yes" entry to smb.conf. + +To make a share a Dfs root, add a "msdfs root=yes" entry to the share definition +in the smb.conf file. +e.g. +[pub] + path = /export/publicsmb + msdfs root = yes + +To create dfs volumes/junctions in the share, create symbolic links of the +format msdfs:server1\share1,server2\share2 and so on. + +In the above example, create a dfs volume "dfsstorage" in the [pub] share as: +cd /export/publicsmb +ln -s msdfs:serverA\\share dfsstorage + +Clicking on dfsstorage from a dfs-aware client will show you the contents of +\\serverA\share + +Shares with "msdfs root = no" (which is the default) entries are served as normal +shares and the client stops talking Dfs with Samba after a tconX. + +NOTES: +* Windows clients need to be rebooted if a non-dfs root is made a dfs root or + vice versa. A better option is to introduce a new share and make it the dfs root. +* Currently there's a restriction that msdfs symlink names should be all + lowercase. |