password server = ceres
log level = 10
syslog = 0
log file = /var/opt/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
host msdfs = Yes
read only = No
[dfsroot]
path = /dfsroot
msdfs root = Yes
Note the two red colored parameters above in [global] and [dfsroot],
respectively:
‘Host msdfs = yes’: This parameter must be set to yes to enable samba to
host MS DFS links in individual shares.
‘msdfs root = yes’: This parameter is set to yes in any share that will
contain MS DFS links to other servers. In this case, we have defined a
single share with this property, called ‘dfsroot’. It points to the HP-UX
directory ‘/dfsroot’.
Creating the MS DFS links:
# cd /dfsroot
# ln -s msdfs:ceres\\shared_stuff linka
# ln -s msdfs:mccall\\shared_stuff linkb
# ll
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 23 Nov 2 12:35 linka -> msdfs:ceres\shared_stuff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 25 Nov 2 12:35 linkb -> msdfs:mccall\shared_stuff
NOTE: Compare the format of the ‘ll’ output to the ‘ln –s’ command – we
had to ‘escape’ the ‘\’ in the ‘ln’ command. One of the more commonly
made mistakes while setting up DFS links for samba is NOT having the
appropriate number of backslashes in the ‘ln –s’ command. A properly
formatted MS DFS link will take the form:
msdfs:<servername>\<sharename>
