Hi,
I run Arch Linux on my home server that uses samba for a SMB share. I
use a DFS root using the "msdfs:..." symlinks, which is configured in
smb.conf. This has been working up until version 4.22.0.
Starting in version 4.22.0, I am unable to access the DFS shares from
macOS finder (15.3.2). It successfully enumerates the contents of the
DFS root, but shows broken "shortcut" icons against the
subdirectories.
When attempting to enter a share from the DFS root, an error popup says
"The operation can't be completed because the original item for
"Downloads" can't be found". smbclient on Linux successfully
navigates
the DFS shares without change.
I have bisected and it appears to be due to this commit:
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=4a46c6a88273ea765b142299d6cf33d5ec93588
I'm not sure how to proceed from here. I felt a merge request reverting
this would be premature as I'm not super sure on the details of what
this change is doing.
DFS setup:
$ ls -alh /mnt/media/samba/shares/
total 40K
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 188 Mar 27 21:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12 Jul 26 2022 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jul 26 2022 Audiobooks ->
'msdfs:fqdn.of.same.server\audiobooks$'
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Jul 26 2022 Downloads ->
'msdfs:fqdn.of.same.server\downloads$'
Relevant parts of smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = File Server
server role = standalone server
hosts allow = 10.113.210. 10.113.211. 10.26.26.
host msdfs = yes
map to guest = Bad User
guest account = nobody
logging = systemd
log level = 2
ntlm auth = true
allow insecure wide links = yes
[shares]
comment = Shares
msdfs root = yes
path = /mnt/media/samba/shares
guest ok = yes
public = yes
writable = no
printable = no
[downloads$]
comment = Downloads in-progress or seeding
path = /mnt/media/downloads
force group = media
writable = no
printable = no
valid users = harry
force directory mode = 2770
force create mode = 0770
[audiobooks$]
comment = Audiobook library
path = /mnt/media/audiobooks
force group = media
writable = no
printable = no
valid users = harry
force directory mode = 2770
force create mode = 0770
Example of smbclient working:
$ smbclient //fqdn.of.server/shares
Password for [WORKGROUP\harry]:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> cd Downloads\
smb: \Downloads\> ls
. D 0 Fri Mar 28 00:26:34
2025
.. D 0 Fri Mar 28 00:26:34
2025
dropzone D 0 Fri Mar 28 00:05:00
2025
temp D 0 Fri Mar 28 00:25:38
2025
macOS smbutil dfs
$?smbutil dfs smb://fqdn.of.server/shares/Downloads
No server entries found
------------- Entry 1 -------------
Referral requested : /fqdn.of.server/shares/Downloads
list item 1 : Path: /fqdn.of.server/shares/Downloads
list item 1 : Network Address: /fqdn.of.server/downloads$
list item 1 : New Referral: /fqdn.of.server/downloads$
Please could you help advise next steps, and how I can go about filing a
bug (I have no account for the bugtracker), and whether there is any
other information you might need from me to reproduce this error?
Many thanks,
Harry