Using MSDFS

[marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us]

Never mind the original message, same subject (shown below).  Finally figured it out.  Duhhh!

More info:  I'm using RH 7.1, Samba 2.2.1a (RPM downloaded from Samba-L).

Unfortunately, when I make the symbolic link, it flashes with a red-background at the console

Here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
   # from MDHaines (205.153.146.222)
   # Date: 2001/12/14 15:29:52

   # Global parameters
   [global]
           workgroup = STGROUP
           netbios name = SMB1
           server string = Server Samba1, Version %v
           interfaces = 192.168.204.40/255.255.255.0
           encrypt passwords = Yes
           smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
           passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
           passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
           unix password sync = Yes
           log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
           max log size = 0
           name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
           time server = Yes
           deadtime = 15
           socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
           domain admin group = root @sadmin
           logon script = scripts\sstartup.bat
           logon path = 
           logon home = 
           domain logons = Yes
           os level = 64
           preferred master = True
           domain master = True
           dns proxy = No
           wins support = Yes
           host msdfs = Yes
           write list = @sadmin
           printer admin = @sadmin
           create mask = 0755
           printing = lprng
           dos filetimes = Yes

   [UDrive]
           comment = SAMBA folder for user data storage.
           path = /usr/local/UDrive
           read only = No
           create mask = 0766

   [Public]
           comment = For file transfer between offices using MSDFS.
           path = /usr/local/UDrive/Public
           admin users = @sadmin
           read only = No
           create mask = 0777
           guest ok = Yes
           dos filemode = Yes
           msdfs root = Yes


In /usr/local/UDrive/Public, I issue the command:

ln -s msdfs:smb2\\public others

When I "ls -l" the Public directory, the "others" directory is flashing red.

I assume that msdfs is available in the RPM as the "host msdfs" parameter shows in the Global section and the "msdfs root" parameter shows in the Share ... or am I wrong about that?

Thanks for any help,
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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EMail:  marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Phone: 321-617-7398
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Marion Haines [mailto:marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us] 
Sent:	Friday, December 14, 2001 11:41 AM
To:	iSMTP at GC2A@Servers
Subject:	Using MSDFS

I've set up a dfs share according to instructions.  There is one part of the instructions that I don't understand.  I've checked the forum archives but can't find any examples which might help.
In the Instructions section (4.1 of the HTML Samba Project Documentation), is shows how to set up the symbolic links in a DFS share, as shown below.
I have 2 Samba servers (SMB1 and SMB2).  I set up the DFS share on SMB1 per these instructions and want to share the Public share from SMB2 through DFS on SMB1. 
1.  root# cd /export/dfsroot
2.  root# chown root /export/dfsroot
3.  root# chmod 755 /export/dfsroot
4.  root# ln -s msdfs:storageA\\shareA linka
5.  root# ln -s msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb

I think the 5th line would be:     ln -s msdfs:smb2\\public
I'm totally confused about what the 4th line is trying to get me to do.  I assume "storageA" is SMB1 and shareA is the DFS share, and the symbolic link command would look like this:
ln -s msdfs:smb1\\dfs linka
If so, what is "linka"???  If not, can anyone give me an example of how to issue this symbolic link command correctly?
Thank you very much for your help,
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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EMail:  marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Phone: 321-617-7398
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