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

[Ray Van Dolson]

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