werner maes
2007-Feb-28 14:38 UTC
[Samba] smbclient dfs-aware? part 2: getting pas dfs junction point?
update: I found some people with the same problem as me: http://www.cs.washington.edu/lab/sw/uwcsesamba.html Smbclient is not Dfs-aware. This means you can specify \\ntdfs\cs as a share, but when you attempt to drill down past the so-called Dfs "junction points" you will not get anywhere. In the following example this is illustrated. You cannot get to //ntdfs/cs/cse/www using smbclient. % smbclient //ntdfs/cs Password: Domain=[CSERESEARCH] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2] smb: \> ls . D 0 Thu Oct 16 16:17:54 2003 .. D 0 Thu Oct 16 16:17:54 2003 cse D 0 Thu Oct 28 10:25:56 2004 nt D 0 Wed Feb 25 15:28:09 2004 34522 blocks of size 1048576. 29260 blocks available smb: \> cd cse smb: \cse\> ls . D 0 Thu Oct 28 10:25:56 2004 .. D 0 Thu Oct 28 10:25:56 2004 www D 0 Thu Oct 28 10:25:56 2004 www2 D 0 Thu Oct 16 16:16:58 2003 34522 blocks of size 1048576. 29260 blocks available smb: \cse\> cd www smb: \cse\www\> ls NT_STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED listing \cse\www\\* 34522 blocks of size 1048576. 29260 blocks available smb: \cse\www\> q hello a quick question: is the smbclient program a dfs-aware client? can it access dfs points on a microsoft dfs server? kind regards werner Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm