Chapter 16. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree
Features and Benefits
The Distributed File System (DFS) provides a means of separating the logical view of files and directories that users see from the actual physical locations of these resources on the network. It allows for higher availability, smoother storage expansion, load balancing, and so on.
For information about DFS, refer to the Microsoft documentation [1]. This document explains how to host a DFS tree on a UNIX machine (for DFS-aware clients to browse) using Samba.
To enable SMB-based DFS for Samba, configure it with the --with-msdfs option. Once built, a Samba server can be made a DFS server by setting the global Boolean host msdfs parameter in the smb.conf file. You designate ...
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