[Samba] domain-based DFS ?

[steve]

On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 11:05 +0200, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> Thanks Davor... 
> 
> you found at least one problem, adding the interfaces and bind options fixed at least 1 thing. 
> 
> No changes on the windows 7 pc.
> 
> in smb.conf i added 
> 
>         interfaces = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.1/24
>         bind interfaces only = yes
> 
> ( Ubuntu users dont use eth or lo, this is buggy  ) 
> 
> added 
> [dfs]
>         comment = DFS Root Share
>         path = /export/dfsroot
>         browsable = yes
>         msdfs root = yes
>         read only = no
> 
> 
> now my test :
> 
> smbclient //localhost/dfs  -U 'DOMAIN\administrator'
> cd someshare
> 
> works
> 
> windows7 pc to \\servername\dfs\someshare 
> works
> 
> ... 
> now working on the domain based dfs 
> 
> 
> Greetz, 
> 
> Louis

Hi
Yes, I can confirm this. Specifying the server works but not on a load
balancing or failover share where two servers offer the same share. If
the first server is unavailable the second server is not consulted.
Cheers,
Steve