Question re: Old-style DFS

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:52:40PM -0700, Shirish Kalele wrote:
> Yes, this bit indicates the server hosts a dfs tree. The only thing that
> I've known to use it so far is the Windows "Dfs Administrator" utility
> which uses it to list servers to select from to administer dfs.
> 
> samba sets this bit in set_default_server_announce_type() if 'msdfs root'
> is set.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shirish

Thanks!  That explains a few things.  :)

Chris -)-----

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> 
> >This question has to do with DFS under NBT.
> >
> >I noticed as I was working on documenting the behavior of the Browse
> >Service that there is a bit in the Host Announce packet called
> >SV_TYPE_DFS_SERVER.  Question is: does this bit indicate that the server
> >is the root of a DFS tree?
> >
> >Chris -)-----
> >

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