[Samba] msdfs problems

[Shirish Kalele]

Let me rephrase:

If your link \\dfsservername\dfs\folder1 points to \\server\share, can you
map it (\\server\share) directly from workstation B? And after mapping it
as a separate drive letter, can you access \\mydfsservername\dfs\folder1
from that workstation (B)?

- Shirish

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Robert Johannes wrote:

>I can't directly map the dfs link.  I can map to the dfs parent though
>(i.e, \\mydfsservername\dfs, but not \\mydfsservername\dfs\folder1).
>
>I'm kind of at a dead-end with this, since snoop and the logs have not
>revealed much that I would consider to aid in the resolution of this
>problem.
>
>robert
>
>On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Shirish Kalele wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> >>
>> >> 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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