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    11<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 20. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.2.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="prev" href="InterdomainTrusts.html" title="Chapter 19. Interdomain Trust Relationships"><link rel="next" href="classicalprinting.html" title="Chapter 21. Classical Printing Support"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 20. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="InterdomainTrusts.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="classicalprinting.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="msdfs"></a>Chapter 20. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Shirish</span> <span class="surname">Kalele</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team &amp; Veritas Software<br></span><div class="address"><p><br>
    22                                <code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</a>&gt;</code><br>
    3                         </p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">12 Jul 2000</p></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="msdfs.html#id2614440">Features and Benefits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="msdfs.html#id2614852">Common Errors</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="msdfs.html#id2614885">MSDFS UNIX Path Is Case-Critical</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2614440"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div></div><p>
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    99        The distributed file system (DFS) provides a means of separating the logical
    1010        view of files and directories that users see from the actual physical locations
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    1212        storage expansion, load balancing, and so on.
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    1717        For information about DFS, refer to the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/nts/downloads/winfeatures/NTSDistrFile/AdminGuide.asp" target="_top">Microsoft
    1818        documentation</a>.  This document explains how to host a DFS tree on a UNIX machine (for DFS-aware clients
    1919        to browse) using Samba.
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    2525        A Samba server can be made a DFS server by setting the global Boolean <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#HOSTMSDFS">host msdfs</a>
    2626        parameter in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file. You designate a share as a DFS root using the share-level Boolean
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    3131        case, <em class="parameter"><code>\\storage1\share1</code></em>).
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    3737        DFS trees on Samba work with all DFS-aware clients ranging from Windows 95 to 200x.
    3838        <a class="link" href="msdfs.html#dfscfg" title="Example 20.1. smb.conf with DFS Configured">The following sample configuration</a> shows how to setup a DFS tree on a Samba server.
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    4646<code class="prompt">root# </code><strong class="userinput"><code>ln -s msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb</code></strong>
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    5252        You should set up the permissions and ownership of the directory acting as the DFS root so that only
    5353        designated users can create, delete, or modify the msdfs links. Also note that symlink names should be all
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    5555        name. Finally, set up the symbolic links to point to the network shares you want and start Samba.
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    5959        Users on DFS-aware clients can now browse the DFS tree on the Samba server at
    6060        <code class="constant">\\samba\dfs</code>. Accessing links linka or linkb (which appear as directories to the client)
    6161        takes users directly to the appropriate shares on the network.
    62         </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2614852"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Windows clients need to be rebooted
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    6363                if a previously mounted non-DFS share is made a DFS
    6464                root, or vice versa. A better way is to introduce a
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    6767                acting as the root of the DFS tree should have ownership
    6868                and permissions set so only designated users can
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     69                modify the symbolic links in the directory.</p></li></ul></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2614881"></a>MSDFS UNIX Path Is Case-Critical</h3></div></div></div><p>
    7070                A network administrator sent advice to the Samba mailing list
    7171                after long sessions trying to determine why DFS was not working.
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    7979                </span>&#8221;</p><p>
    8080                &#8220;<span class="quote">For example, I had a share defined as such:</span>&#8221;
    81                 </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em class="parameter"><code>[pub]</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614926"></a><em class="parameter"><code>path = /export/home/Shares/public_share</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614938"></a><em class="parameter"><code>msdfs root = yes</code></em></td></tr></table><p>
     81                </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em class="parameter"><code>[pub]</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614922"></a><em class="parameter"><code>path = /export/home/Shares/public_share</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614934"></a><em class="parameter"><code>msdfs root = yes</code></em></td></tr></table><p>
    8282                &#8220;<span class="quote">and I could not make my Windows 9x/Me (with the dfs client installed) follow this symlink:</span>&#8221;
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