[Samba] dfs links anywhere?

Chad William Seys cwseys at physics.wisc.edu
Wed Sep 13 23:58:30 UTC 2017


> Which smb version are you using (mount option)? Support for DFS on smb2+
> was only added in linux 4.11.

smbstatus shows the connection as NT1.

DFS links do work like this:
serverA_msdfsrootYES => serverB_msdfsrootNO

But not like this:
serverA_msdfsrootYES => serverB_msdfsrootYES

Somehow the destination having 'msdfsroot yes' prevents the cifs kernel 
module from following the link.

Thanks!
C.



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