[Samba] Unable to access and browse a DFS tree

[William Burns]

Theo:

You could try experimenting w/ the following options in your [dfs] section.:

map to guest = [ never | bad user | bad password ]
public = yes  (a.k.a. "guest ok = yes" )
guest only = yes
guest account = ftp

Good luck.

-Bill

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
>
>  
>