[Samba] Re: ClearCase Interop problem with recent Samba versions

[Bill Marshall]

Eric Boehm <boehm <at> nortel.com> writes:


>     Volker> host msdfs = no     
>     Volker> msdfs root = no
> 
>     Volker> in the [global] section.
> 
> I see from the release notes for 3.0.23 that the defaults for these
> two settings were changed to yes.
> 
> Does this have implications for uses other than ClearCase?

I think the Vmware Physical to Virtual converter
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ also has problems with systems that
claim to host msdfs. The wizard failed with a crazy error and there wasn't a
hint until I did some network traces.

> Why did it affect ClearCase?
Good Quesion.

Bill