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authorShirish Kalele <kalele@samba.org>2002-12-27 23:36:28 +0000
committerShirish Kalele <kalele@samba.org>2002-12-27 23:36:28 +0000
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Add 'msdfs proxy' description to smb.conf docs.
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml
index 036e7a8f7a..252378733f 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml
+++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
<refentry id="smb.conf">
-
+
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@
<listitem><para><link linkend="MAXCONNECTIONS"><parameter>max connections</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MAXPRINTJOBS"><parameter>max print jobs</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MINPRINTSPACE"><parameter>min print space</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="MSDFSPROXY"><parameter>msdfs proxy</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MSDFSROOT"><parameter>msdfs root</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="NTACLSUPPORT"><parameter>nt acl support</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="ONLYGUEST"><parameter>only guest</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -4847,8 +4848,25 @@
</varlistentry>
-
-
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="MSDFSPROXY">msdfs proxy (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter indicates that the share is a
+ stand-in for another CIFS share whose location is specified by
+ the value of the parameter. When clients attempt to connect to
+ this share, they are redirected to the proxied share using
+ the SMB-Dfs protocol.</para>
+ <para>Only Dfs roots can act as proxy shares. Take a look at the
+ <link linkend="MSDFSROOT"><parameter>msdfs root</parameter></link>
+ and
+ <link linkend="HOSTMSDFS"><parameter>host msdfs</parameter></link>
+ options to find out how to set up a Dfs root share.</para>
+ <para>Example: <command>msdfs proxy = \otherserver\someshare</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="MSDFSROOT">msdfs root (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available if
@@ -4857,8 +4875,8 @@
Samba treats the share as a Dfs root and allows clients to browse
the distributed file system tree rooted at the share directory.
Dfs links are specified in the share directory by symbolic
- links of the form <filename>msdfs:serverA\shareA,serverB\shareB
- </filename> and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree
+ links of the form <filename>msdfs:serverA\shareA,serverB\shareB</filename>
+ and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree
on Samba, refer to <ulink url="msdfs_setup.html">msdfs_setup.html
</ulink>.</para>