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/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/manpages') diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index a9cf133c8d..a5330e50b6 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng . -.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "26 November 2002" "" "" +.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "29 December 2002" "" "" .SH NAME smb.conf \- The configuration file for the Samba suite .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@ each parameter for details. Note that some are synonyms. \fImin print space\fR .TP 0.2i \(bu +\fImsdfs proxy\fR +.TP 0.2i +\(bu \fImsdfs root\fR .TP 0.2i \(bu @@ -4497,14 +4500,29 @@ is 6 hours (21600 seconds). Default: \fBmin wins ttl = 21600\fR .TP +\fBmsdfs proxy (S)\fR +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 +\fImsdfs root\fR +and +\fIhost msdfs\fR +options to find out how to set up a Dfs root share. + +Example: \fBmsdfs proxy = \\otherserver\\someshare\fR +.TP \fBmsdfs root (S)\fR This boolean parameter is only available if Samba is configured and compiled with the \fB --with-msdfs\fR option. If set to yes, 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 \fImsdfs:serverA\\shareA,serverB\\shareB -\fR and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree +links of the form \fImsdfs:serverA\\shareA,serverB\\shareB\fR +and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree on Samba, refer to msdfs_setup.html -- cgit