[linux-cifs-client] Status of DFS support?

[Jeff Layton]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:43:28 -0700
Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 09:40:48AM -0700, Randy Coulman wrote:
> > 
> > I've been following this list for a while, but am I having trouble
> > discerning whether or not CIFS should support DFS servers now or not.  I
> > keep my box (mostly) up-to-date with Debian testing, which as of this
> > morning is a 2.6.25 kernel and 3.0.30 Samba packages.  If I upgrade to
> > these two versions, should I be able to successfully access my company's
> > Win2K3 DFS file server? 
> > 
> > I've been staying at kernel 2.6.22 plus 3.0.27a Samba packages so that I
> > can continue using smbfs to access this server.  Anything newer removes
> > necessary pieces of the smbfs support from Debian.
> > 
> > I'd like to be able to move forward without losing access to necessary
> > resources.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear status as well.  FWIW, on Fedora 9 DFS access
> still doesn't work right (you can mount the DFS root, but the listed
> directories just end up being loops to the top again).
> 
> Ray

DFS support has just recently been finished upstream. I wouldn't expect
it to work in any stable kernel before 2.6.26. You'll also need a
relatively recent version of the cifs.spnego upcall program (which
really ought to be renamed to something more generic).

Cheers,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>