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Hi, I am trying to configure domain DFS (I think that's the correct term) as below, using the guide on the wiki: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Distributed_File_System_(DFS)#Configure_domain-based_DFS_in_Samba I am aware that the wiki says that this doesn't quite work... however it feels to me that it's very close, nearly working, and I might be able to get it going (hopefully?!) by means of a simple fix.. I can dream, can't I? My goal is not to enable DFS-R (that's a whole other conver...

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:09:25AM +0100, Jonathan Hunter via samba wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to configure domain DFS (I think that's the correct term) > as below, using the guide on the wiki: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Distributed_File_System_(DFS)#Configure_domain-based_DFS_in_Samba > > I am aware that the wiki says that this doesn't quite work... however > it feels to me that it's very close, nearly working, and I might be > able to get it going (hopefully?!) by means of a simple fix.. I can > dream, can't I? > > My goal is not to enable DFS...

...approximately 4 different things, which MS is partly to blame for. BTW, the first google search result for "samba domain-based dfs" points you to a page on the Samba wiki which tells you how to set it up. https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Distributed_File_System_(DFS)#Configure_domain-based_DFS_in_Samba I can see why some people may say it works, since it sounds like a somewhat hacky solution. > For AD I must manually give all users a numerical ID? And the tab where > this must be done is now going away! Are you joking? This means that > things are getting worse instead of better. F...

...i, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:09:25AM +0100, Jonathan Hunter via samba wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to configure domain DFS (I think that's the correct term) > as below, using the guide on the wiki: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Distributed_File_System_(DFS)#Configu > re_domain-based_DFS_in_Samba > > I am aware that the wiki says that this doesn't quite work... however > it feels to me that it's very close, nearly working, and I might be > able to get it going (hopefully?!) by means of a simple fix.. I can > dream, can't I? > > My goal is not to enable...

On 28.09.2016 at 01:31 Gilberto Nunes wrote: > I am working harding for weeks to make things work properly to implement > samba and glusterfs and ZFS , to deploy storage sincronization between two > servers. > Today I just install Windows 2012 R2 and play around with DFS and see how > so deadly simple!!!! > And I wonder: why Linux or samba or both do not have similar tools to