[Samba] msdfs problems

[Shirish Kalele]

And can you map the dfs link directly from the workstation?

If you can, can you browse the link from the dfs tree after mapping the
link separately (as a drive letter)?

- SK

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Robert Johannes wrote:

>I use the same login/password on both workstations.
>
>robert
>
>On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Shirish Kalele wrote:
>
>> Robert,
>>
>> Do you use different username/password pairs to log on to workstations a and
>> b?
>>
>> >From what I remember, the username/password used to log on is used when
>> connecting to dfs links.
>>
>> - Shirish
>>
>> Robert Johannes wrote:
>>
>> I have setup samba with msdfs, and configured it.  The problem is that it
>> works with some windows 2000 workstations, but not with others, even if
>> they are at the same service pak levels.
>>
>> I.e, I have workstation a and workstation b, both running 2000.  On
>> workstation a, I can map the dfs share to a drive, and be able to access
>> everything in that share (which is different shares on different servers).
>> On workstation b, I can map the dfs share to a drive, but I can't browse
>> or do anything with the dfs shares in the drive I just mapped. The error I
>> get from workstation b when I try to browse the shares, is something like
>> this:
>> "\\mydfsservername\dfs\folder1
>> The folder was moved or removed"
>>
>> >From watching the samba logs, I've noticed that each time I try to click
>> on the folders under the dfs drive, many messages get logged, but
>> foremost, I see this:  NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND
>>
>> "[2003/04/23 17:39:06, 3] smbd/trans2.c:call_trans2qfilepathinfo(1707)
>>   call_trans2qfilepathinfo: check_name of prog failed (Error 0)
>> [2003/04/23 17:39:06, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(113)
>>   error packet at smbd/trans2.c(1709) cmd=50 (SMBtrans2)
>> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND
>> [2003/04/23 17:39:06, 5] lib/util.c:show_msg(275)"
>>
>> That's what is logged when I try to  access the dfs shares from
>> workstation b.
>>
>> Why would I have access and be able to see every thing from workstation a,
>> but no access to the same shares from workstation b, even if I don't
>> discriminate between the two workstations?  Such is the puzzle I'm working
>> with.
>>
>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>
>> thanks
>> robert
>>
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