From ab42271cd6d17b09409d5c8e5a2c80cf5ae4c1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shirish Kalele Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 23:29:08 +0000 Subject: Add msdfs proxy functionality to HEAD. (This used to be commit 9df93b1ffc9ce98302540cc3d2cbd66787abc4fd) --- docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook/manpages') diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml index 13fdb1c6cb..17a1ddf77e 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smb.conf.5.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + smb.conf 5 @@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ max connections max print jobs min print space + msdfs proxy msdfs root nt acl support only guest @@ -4847,8 +4848,25 @@ - - + + msdfs proxy (S) + 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. + Only Dfs roots can act as proxy shares. Take a look at the + msdfs root + and + host msdfs + options to find out how to set up a Dfs root share. + Example: msdfs proxy = \otherserver\someshare + + + + + + msdfs root (S) 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 msdfs:serverA\shareA,serverB\shareB - and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree + links of the form msdfs:serverA\shareA,serverB\shareB + and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree on Samba, refer to msdfs_setup.html . -- cgit