[Samba] DFS-R (Replication) ??

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Tue Oct 6 00:07:29 UTC 2015


On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 12:10:31PM +0200, Klaus Hartnegg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I read that replication with DFS-R requires NTFS filesystem on both
> sides, because it accesses the "change journal".
> (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773238%28v=ws.10%29.aspx)

Well it's just software, so anything NTFS knows about
the file system Samba can store too. Having said that,
what you're really asking is below.

> Can I use DFS-R between samba4 and windows if I use ntfs-3g?

No.

> If not is it planned to support DFS-R in a future version of samba?

Not currently on the roadmap, I think this might be
quite an effort.



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