[Samba] Re: Unable to access and browse a DFS tree

[Theo Kanter]

I'll will answer my own message in the hope that might be of use to
someone else who is also puzzled by the phrase "Users on DFS-aware
clients can now browse the DFS tree" at the end of Chapter 18. You
cannot *now* browse the DFS tree. This is only true when adding a few
extra lines, granting access to the local dfs share.

[dfs]
        comment = DFS Share
        path = /export/dfsroot
        valid users = root, theo
        read only = No
        create mask = 0765
        guest ok = Yes
        msdfs root = Yes

--theo



Theo Kanter wrote:
> Please help me understand why I am unable to connect to and browse the
> newly configured DFS tree that I installed on my Samba server according
> to the instructions found in Chapter 18. "Hosting a Microsoft
> Distributed File System Tree" of the official how-to.
> 
> Irrespective of whether I try to access the dfs file tree from either
> the local file browser (and choosing the SMB tree) or from windows, I
> get a login dialog box and I do not understand why this is the case.
> Moreover, no userid/password from either the Samba server or the Windows
> machine with the share works.
> 
> I compiled samba (version 3.0.21b) with the option --with-msdfs. Below I
> include smb.conf and fstab, showing how the share gets mounted via
> smbfs, as well as an 'ls' showing the access rights and ownership of the
> directory. The remote share on the Windows machine grants read access to
> everyone.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance,
> Theo
> 
> 
> --- smb.conf ---
> [global]
>         dos charset = ISO-8859-1
>         unix charset = ISO-8859-1
>         display charset = ISO-8859-1
>         workgroup = VERKSTAD
>         server string = Kanter Samba Server
>         interfaces = eth0, 192.168.0.100/24
>         security = SHARE
>         encrypt passwords = No
>         guest account = theo
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192
> SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         printcap name = cups
>         os level = 33
>         dns proxy = No
>         wins support = Yes
>         host msdfs = Yes
>         hosts allow = 192.168.0., 127.0.0.1
> 
> [dfs]
>         comment = DFS Share
>         path = /export/dfsroot
>         msdfs root = Yes
> 
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
> 
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printer admin = root
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         use client driver = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [print$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /etc/samba/drivers
>         write list = root
> 
> [myshare]
>         comment = Theo's stuff
>         path = /home/samba
>         valid users = root, theo
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0765
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> [mystore]
>         comment = Theo's store
>         path = /store
>         valid users = root, theo
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0765
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> [cdrom]
>         comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
>         path = /mnt/cdrom
>         guest ok = Yes
>         locking = No
>         preexec = /bin/mount /mnt/cdrom
>         postexec = /bin/umount /mnt/cdrom
> 
> # more /etc/fstab
> #
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information
> #
> # <file system>    <dir>        <type>    <options>        <dump> <pass>
> 
> /dev/hda6          /            reiserfs  defaults              1      0
> /dev/hda5          swap         swap      defaults              0      0
> /dev/hda7          /var         reiserfs  defaults              1      0
> /dev/hda8          /home        reiserfs  defaults              1      0
> /dev/hda1          /boot        reiserfs  defaults              1      0
> /dev/hdb1          /store       reiserfs  defaults              1      0
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide 0      0
> /dev/floppy/0      /mnt/floppy  vfat      user,noauto,unhide    0      0
> proc               /proc        proc      defaults              0      0
> devpts             /dev/pts     devpts    defaults              0      0
> //lustigknopp/media /mnt/samba/lustigknopp/media smbfs
> credentials=/home/theo/.smbpasswd 0 0
> 
> # End of file
> #
> #
> # ls -l /export
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 Feb  8 18:23 dfsroot
> # ls -l /export/dfsroot/
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Feb  8 18:23 linka -> msdfs:lustigknopp\media
> #
>