[Samba] CIFS Session transfer

[Barry Johnson]

If you don't want to use DFS you could use NFS.  Samba server2 exports it,
Samba server1 mounts it, samba shares it, voila transparent to the end user

Barry Johnson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Bartlett" <abartlet at pcug.org.au>
To: "Sivaselvam, CN" <cn.sivaselvam at digital.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] CIFS Session transfer


> "Sivaselvam, CN" wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I would like to know if this is possible and if possible what is the
> > complexity.
> >
> > Consider a CIFS client, SAMBA Server1 and Samba Server2.
> >
> > Say a session is established between a CIFS client and SAMBA server1. Is
it
> > possible for the SAMBA server1 to transfer/redirect/reestablish the
> > connection to SAMBA server2 without the CIFS client knowing about this?
The
> > session between the CIFS client and SAMBA Server1 should be closed and a
> > session between CIFS client and SAMBA server2 should be opened both
> > transparent to the CIFS client.
>
> Look into MSDFS, which sends back a special error code to indicate 'this
> directory not on this server', the client then asks for the real server
> and tranparently reconnects.
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>
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