Op 21-08-2023 om 13:43 schreef Joachim Lindenberg via
samba:> I have been looking into DFS (no R) with Samba and found the page
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Distributed_File_System_(DFS) and do have some
questions:
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> ?There is currently (July 2014) a discussion in the mailing list in which
several users report great difficulties with domain-based DFS in samba 4, maybe
related with the implementation of smb protocol version 3.? ? is this still true
or has this been resolved in the meantime?
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> ?but beware of the pitfalls of the vfs object option? ? are these resolved?
Or what should I read to understand these? Does this suggest to implement DFS
shares on a DC as vfs is default or just the opposite?
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> ?and the DFS names must be declared on each DC? ? or other file server? DFS
names refers to the ?ln -s ?? defined names or something else?
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> ?DFS works only for Administrator in Samba 4.1.4, and requires a patch to
work for all users.? ? I suppose this is obsolete by now.
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> I also suppose I would have to define a DFS share with e.g. [dfsusers] in
smb.conf, correct?
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> I admit I have never been running a samba file server (beyond sysvol on
DCs) yet and my plan is to use DFS to point to windows file servers initially,
probably using some sync tool.
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> Thanks,
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> Joachim
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DFS works fine for me with 4.17 and 4.18.
In smb.conf [global] you get "vfs objects = dfs_samba4, acl_xattr,
full_audit"
And per DFS-share:
[share]
msdfs root = yes
msdfs proxy = \<server1>\<share>,\<server2>\<share>
With these settings you can point your clients to \\<domain>\<share>
- Kees.