We did some tests with msdfs on HP/UX with samba version 2.2.1.a and we
found a strange
problem.
We create a msdfs root on a HP/UX system with samba version 2.2.1.a and
create a link
in it to an HP/UX system with samba version 2.0.7.
We mapped the link in the msdfs root on a NT4 system to drive F.
The share contains the source of samba and in explorer we went to :
F:/src/samba/samba-2.2.1a/docs/htmldocs/findsmb.1.html
This will start netscape and all seems ok.
But after about 10-15 minutes there seems to be something wrong,
netscape couldn't find the file and if went down through the directories
in explore there seems to be an extra directory src in it,
so the path is now :
F:/src/src/samba/samba-2.2.1a/docs/htmldocs/findsmb.1.html
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Has anybody seen this problem before?? Are there users which are using
msdfs in Samba ??
Regards,
Eddy Reniers,
Philips Research Laboratories
Department Computer Services,
Prof.Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Email : c.m.e.reniers@philips.com
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Hello all, I am working on the installation of an intel-linux-based PDC for 140 users. The clients are NT4-SP6a and W2K-SP2. The old server was configured similarly, but for only 40 users as a department server. Now the new server must handle the whole company. My plan was to switch all users to the new PDC without copying all the data. The data should be copied once everything else is working correctly. To enable access to the data while it is still on the old server I wanted to use MSDFS. On first sight it seems working ok. But there are very strange phenomena. NT4-clients are not able to create directories in the dfs-root-share. It is not a matter of setting correct privileges, because creating files is possible. The message window says something like "...file not found ..." I could see the original message only in German: "Das System kann die Datei nicht finden!" Another phenomenon is that after a while either NT4- or W2K-clients see "fata morganas" in the DFS-tree. Directory contents duplicate themselves into sub-directories. Fortunately, we had only one "accident" when a colleague tried to "clean up" a directory and deleted everything. Anticipating your question: Yes, we had a backup and we could restore it! :-))) Does anyone recognize this problem with MSDFS? Gustav Reutter
I've also had problems w/MSDFS. I can see the link that's created but can't see anything below it. I sent this to the Samba-L about a month ago, but no responses and I'm at a complete dead-end on the issue. If you find out anything that helps you, please pass it on to me directly. Thank you very much, Marion D. Haines Network Administrator Board of County Commissioners Brevard County, Florida ================================== EMail: marion.haines@countygovt.brevard.fl.us Phone: 321-617-7398 ================================== -----Original Message----- From: Gustav.Reutter@wob.ag [mailto:Gustav.Reutter@wob.ag] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:03 AM To: iSMTP@GC2A@Servers Subject: [Samba] Problems with MSDFS Hello all, I am working on the installation of an intel-linux-based PDC for 140 users. The clients are NT4-SP6a and W2K-SP2. The old server was configured similarly, but for only 40 users as a department server. Now the new server must handle the whole company. My plan was to switch all users to the new PDC without copying all the data. The data should be copied once everything else is working correctly. To enable access to the data while it is still on the old server I wanted to use MSDFS. On first sight it seems working ok. But there are very strange phenomena. NT4-clients are not able to create directories in the dfs-root-share. It is not a matter of setting correct privileges, because creating files is possible. The message window says something like "...file not found ..." I could see the original message only in German: "Das System kann die Datei nicht finden!" Another phenomenon is that after a while either NT4- or W2K-clients see "fata morganas" in the DFS-tree. Directory contents duplicate themselves into sub-directories. Fortunately, we had only one "accident" when a colleague tried to "clean up" a directory and deleted everything. Anticipating your question: Yes, we had a backup and we could restore it! :-))) Does anyone recognize this problem with MSDFS? Gustav Reutter -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba