[Samba] msdfs root: can it contain regular files?

[Michael Tokarev]

13.09.2023 19:08, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 02:51:07PM +0300, Michael Tokarev via samba wrote:
..
>> [2023/09/13 14:42:29.176777,  0] ../../source3/smbd/msdfs.c:170(parse_dfs_path)
>>  parse_dfs_path: can't parse hostname from path FOO
>> [2023/09/13 14:42:29.176810,  0] ../../source3/smbd/msdfs.c:180(parse_dfs_path)
>>  parse_dfs_path: trying to convert FOO to a local path

>> So I decided to ask more explicitly.  Is it okay to mix-n-match DFS reparse
>> points and regular files/directories in a share where msdfs root is enabled?
> 
> What version of Samba ? This code changed for 4.19.x I think.

This particular one is 4.17.  I had no idea there were changes in this
area, but could have guessed since 4.19 had some reparse point changes.

And sure thing, welcome

commit c3f48b0581e5a948d1f31c8a65e8294aa6c92591
Author: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
Date:   Thu Mar 30 13:01:08 2023 -0700

     s3: smbd: Remove now unused dfs_filename_convert().

:)  - which went to 4.19.  Okay, I'll dig around the changes
in that area.

But the original question becomes even wider :)

 From the code changes I'm guessing it is okay to intermix regular
dirs/files and DFS reparse points.  But it looks like some other
reparse points are now supported too.. am I right?

The wiki page about DFS needs another update or two :)

Thank you!

/mjt