I'm not convinced there IS anything different on the client side... The whole point of DFS seems to be to abstract away all of the client side complications that come with multiple SMB servers in an Enterprise. In other words... It appears to be an entirely server-side solution.
OK, I am going to have to suggest a very not-Unix next step: You're gonna have to set up a Windows Server lab... I have a Windows Server 2008 license lying around, and I know Microsoft offers free trial WS2008 images on their website, so this is going to be focused on that... Although, I'm sure Google can help find similar guides for other Windows versions... First, here's a nice Microsoft blog introducing the idea at hand: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2009/03/10/the-basics-of-the-windows-server-2008-distributed-file-system-dfs/ Then read the TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753479.aspx Then use this step-by-step to setup a virtual swarm of Windows servers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc737358(v=ws.10) Then set up a nice clean Windows 8 install with a free trial license, and connect to it... My GUESS is that it will connect exactly the same as it would to a single server... I may also expect the client to connect to the individual "Target folders" directly if they so choose... I don't know how to block them. Once you confirm that works... Then set up a nice clean Linux image and repeat the tests. I would expect it to also connect without noticable difference to connecting to a single SMB server. You may also be able to connect to individual "Target Shares" directly. Again, no idea how to block that... I would try it all myself, cuz this looks kinda neat, but I don't like the idea of using Windows in a production environment, so I guess it doesn't look REALLY neat... So it's hard to motivate myself :/ On Tue, Apr 3, 2018, 07:48 michael <mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > I tried googling for MS-DFS client and got a ton of information about > setting up Samba as a DFS server, but nothing about being a client. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
