Hello, just use a cluster file system or ex: your host A has all the homes/shares of your users. Make it a host msdfs=yes and define a root dfs on it for all share that should be unique on both hosts. Host B is linked by msdfs proxy=\\hostA\share-on-A.
That should do Good luck Daniel On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:28:42 +0100, Michal Bruncko <michal.brun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > we have two samba servers on two localities with bigger distance between > them. On both localities there are organizational staff working. And I > am trying to configure homedirectories for all of staff in this way: > - all users will have same beginning part of URL path where is their > homedir located (i.e. \\files.example.com\loginname) for unification and > central acces > - but because the lower speed link between both localities there is need > to locate homedirs: > -- for locality A - on server A on that locality > -- for locality B - on server B on that locality > > fine, thats are requirements. So I have decided to use MSDFS in > combination with [homes] in this way: > - on server A (which will acts as "files.example.com") there will be > homedirs MSDFS links for users on locality B pointed to their real > homedirs on server B (with classic symlink syntax "user_on_locality_B" > -> "msdfs:IP_of_server_B\user_on_locality_B" ) > So if user Bob from locality B will access its homedir, it will be > transparently redirected from Server A to its homedir on closest server B. > > this is nice theory. but in practicle, is this feasible with current > version of samba 3.x? > What is the best practicles for cases like this mine? Is there any way > for dispatching homedirs to two/more servers? > > thanks > > michal -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba