[Samba] DFS links not working

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed Apr 20 14:09:24 GMT 2005


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Christoph Kaegi wrote:
| Hello list
|
| I try to setup a DFS root like documented in the Samba HOWTO
| Collection Chapter 18. (using Samba 3.0.14a btw.)
|
| I setup everything as specified there, but when I try to
| access one of the linked shares from a windows machine,
| I get a message telling me the location is unavailable.

Windows client cache whether a share is a dfs root or not.
Make sure you reboot the client after making changes to smb.conf
regarding dfs support.  Everything is working ok here.




cheers, jerry
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