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diff --git a/source3/msdfs/README b/source3/msdfs/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..62fded3f55 --- /dev/null +++ b/source3/msdfs/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +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 "dfs map" entry to the share definition in the smb.conf file. +e.g. +[pub] + dfs map = /usr/local/samba/lib/pub_dfs_map + +The pub_dfs_map file would contain a list of junction points and their referral paths. + +In our example, if you have a directory pub_dir1/ in the pub share and want to make it a dfs junction point to \\machineX\pub, you can have an entry in the pub_dfs_map file as: + +pub_dir1 +\\machineX\pub:0:600 + +where: 0 is the proximity of the server. If you have multiple referred servers for one junction point, you can set up preferences among these using this field. +& 600 is the number of seconds the client must cache the referral. After this time period, the smb client supposedly should contact the server again for a fresh referral. + +NOTE: You can have multiple referral paths for one junction point. Currently, the parser code depends on the leading \ to determine if the line is a referral or a new junction point. + +Shares with no "dfs map" entries are served as normal shares and the client stops talking Dfs with Samba after a tconX. + +TODO: Dynamically showing junction points to dfs clients alone,probably in the findfirst reply. Currently, you need to have directories on the samba server as token junction points. |