Never mind the original message, same subject (shown below). Finally figured it
out. Duhhh!
More info: I'm using RH 7.1, Samba 2.2.1a (RPM downloaded from Samba-L).
Unfortunately, when I make the symbolic link, it flashes with a red-background
at the console
Here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from MDHaines (205.153.146.222)
# Date: 2001/12/14 15:29:52
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = STGROUP
netbios name = SMB1
server string = Server Samba1, Version %v
interfaces = 192.168.204.40/255.255.255.0
encrypt passwords = Yes
smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype*new*UNIX*password*
%n\n *passwd*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
time server = Yes
deadtime = 15
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
domain admin group = root @sadmin
logon script = scripts\sstartup.bat
logon path =
logon home =
domain logons = Yes
os level = 64
preferred master = True
domain master = True
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
host msdfs = Yes
write list = @sadmin
printer admin = @sadmin
create mask = 0755
printing = lprng
dos filetimes = Yes
[UDrive]
comment = SAMBA folder for user data storage.
path = /usr/local/UDrive
read only = No
create mask = 0766
[Public]
comment = For file transfer between offices using MSDFS.
path = /usr/local/UDrive/Public
admin users = @sadmin
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
dos filemode = Yes
msdfs root = Yes
In /usr/local/UDrive/Public, I issue the command:
ln -s msdfs:smb2\\public others
When I "ls -l" the Public directory, the "others" directory
is flashing red.
I assume that msdfs is available in the RPM as the "host msdfs"
parameter shows in the Global section and the "msdfs root" parameter
shows in the Share ... or am I wrong about that?
Thanks for any help,
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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EMail: marion.haines@countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Phone: 321-617-7398
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marion Haines [mailto:marion.haines@countygovt.brevard.fl.us]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:41 AM
To: iSMTP@GC2A@Servers
Subject: Using MSDFS
I've set up a dfs share according to instructions. There is one part of the
instructions that I don't understand. I've checked the forum archives
but can't find any examples which might help.
In the Instructions section (4.1 of the HTML Samba Project Documentation), is
shows how to set up the symbolic links in a DFS share, as shown below.
I have 2 Samba servers (SMB1 and SMB2). I set up the DFS share on SMB1 per
these instructions and want to share the Public share from SMB2 through DFS on
SMB1.
1. root# cd /export/dfsroot
2. root# chown root /export/dfsroot
3. root# chmod 755 /export/dfsroot
4. root# ln -s msdfs:storageA\\shareA linka
5. root# ln -s msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb
I think the 5th line would be: ln -s msdfs:smb2\\public
I'm totally confused about what the 4th line is trying to get me to do. I
assume "storageA" is SMB1 and shareA is the DFS share, and the
symbolic link command would look like this:
ln -s msdfs:smb1\\dfs linka
If so, what is "linka"??? If not, can anyone give me an example of
how to issue this symbolic link command correctly?
Thank you very much for your help,
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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EMail: marion.haines@countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Phone: 321-617-7398
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