msdfs, win98 / NT and non-resolvable symlink paths

[Arjen at Mind dot Be]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:01:47AM -0800, Shirish Kalele tapped some keys and produced:
> 
> Yes, it works for me too.
> 
> Arjen,
> 
> Does it work from the command window but not in Explorer?
> 
> Could you send me a log level 10 file of either the Win95, 98 or NT trying
> to browse to one of the dfs links? Could you also send me a network trace of
> the interaction right from the time you map the share?
> 
> Remember to reboot the clients before you do the test.

I will do this myself or Johan Coenen will send the level 10 log and the network
trace (I assume you mean a sniff of TCP packets?). 

Since I am not at the location often this might take some time if I am gonna 
do it.

Thanks,

Arjen.

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Carter" <jerry at samba.org>
> To: "Arjen van Drie" <arjen at mind.be>
> Cc: <samba-technical at lists.samba.org>; <johan.coenen at aiv.kuleuven.ac.be>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 6:10 AM
> Subject: Re: msdfs, win98 / NT and non-resolvable symlink paths
> 
> 
> > On 14 Feb 2002, Arjen van Drie wrote:
> >
> > > Problem exists with Samba 2.2.2 and 2.2.3a. Tested on RedHat Linux 7.1
> > >
> > > == Problem. ==
> > >
> > > Where Windows2000 clients do, win98 and NT clients do not follow a msdfs
> > > link. When we open Windows Eplorer, doubleclick on a mounted SMB network
> > > share and click on one of the maps therein on the _left_ side of Windows
> > > Explorer, the right side shows up empty. There are files though. From
> > > then on, no matter what route we take to get to the share, the files
> > > remain invisible.
> >
> > We need to figure out why it works for me and why not for you.
> > Shirish?  Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > jerry
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Arjen van Drie.
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arjen at mind.be

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