[Samba] msdfs root / directory structure.

[John Drescher]

Can I have folders in the msdfs root?

>From the docs I do not see a mention of this and in the past it did
not work for me however with samba-3.0.28 it appears to be working.

img_dfs_root # ls -alR                                                 .:
total 0
drwxrwsr-x 3 root honestbrokers 264 Feb 28 14:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root          104 Oct 22 10:35 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root honestbrokers  27 Nov 16 16:47 DS1_ImageSpace ->
msdfs:datastore1\ImageSpace
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root honestbrokers  23 Oct 22 11:33 fileserver ->
msdfs:fileserver\Images
-rw-r--r-- 1 root honestbrokers   0 Feb 28 14:11 msdfs:datastore1ImageSpace
-rw-r--r-- 1 root honestbrokers   0 Feb 28 14:11 msdfs:fileserverImages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root honestbrokers   0 Feb 28 14:11 msdfs:fileserverSoftware
drwxr-sr-x 2 root honestbrokers  72 Feb 28 13:53 test

./test:
total 0
drwxr-sr-x 2 root honestbrokers  72 Feb 28 13:53 .
drwxrwsr-x 3 root honestbrokers 264 Feb 28 14:11 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root honestbrokers  25 Feb 28 13:53 software ->
msdfs:fileserver\Software


I have /exports/img_dfs_root set in samba and in XP I do now see the
test folder in the root and if I traverse into that software shows up
and works.


Is this guaranteed to work? Known limitations? I am interested in XP,
win2k3 and possibly linux cifs clients in the future.

John