[Samba] DFS root - slow writes

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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greg at fqdn.com wrote:
| Hello,
|
| we use DFS on samba and have noticed that writes to some
| file servers listed under  the DFS drive letter are very slow,
| yet writes to the same machines directly using UNC paths
| are very quick.
|
| Are all communications between the client and end server
| proxied threw the DFS root server if this service is used?

No.  The client talks directly to the target server.





cheers, jerry
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