HP UX Common Internet File System (CIFS) Client/Server Software manual Configuration details

Figure 1 gives us a picture of our test environment.

Figure 1: MS DFS Test Environment

Server:rkm-nt Server:ceres

Shared_stuff

Dfsroot

linka

linkb

Server:mccall

Shared_stuff

Client:mccallevo

Configuration details

There are three steps to configuring MS DFS on an HP CIFS Server. Two modifications to the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file and the actual creation of the MS DFS links in the HP-UX file system directory that is hosting the MS DFS root. Notice that ALL of the modifications are done on the HP CIFS Server – the windows servers that contain the actual shares being linked to require no special attention.

Modifying the smb.conf file: [global]

workgroup = DON1 NetBIOS name = RKM-NT server string = Samba Server security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes