[Samba] Problems with MSDFS

[Gustav.Reutter at wob.ag]

Hello all,

I am working on the installation of an intel-linux-based PDC for 140 
users. The clients are NT4-SP6a and W2K-SP2.
The old server was configured similarly, but for only 40 users as a department server. Now the new server must handle the whole company. My plan was to switch all users to the new 
PDC without copying all the data. The data should be copied once 
everything else is working correctly. To enable access to the data while 
it is still on the old server I wanted to use MSDFS. On first sight it 
seems working ok. But there are very strange phenomena. NT4-clients are 
not able to create directories in the dfs-root-share. It is not a matter 
of setting correct privileges, because creating files is possible. The 
message window says something like "...file not found ..." I could see the original message only in German: "Das System kann die Datei nicht finden!" Another phenomenon is 
that after a while either NT4- or W2K-clients see "fata morganas" in the 
DFS-tree. Directory contents duplicate themselves into sub-directories. 
Fortunately, we had only one "accident" when a colleague tried to "clean 
up" a directory and deleted everything.
Anticipating your question: Yes, we had a backup and we could restore it! 
:-)))

Does anyone recognize this problem with MSDFS?

Gustav Reutter