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diff --git a/source3/msdfs/README b/source3/msdfs/README deleted file mode 100644 index 0e924b31dc..0000000000 --- a/source3/msdfs/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -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. |