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ThatGraemeGuy
Asked: 2009-11-13 00:00:43 +0800 CST

Can Ubuntu/Samba access DFS shares on Windows Server?

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Is there a way for Ubuntu/Samba to access a DFS path on our Windows file server?

I'm primarily a Windows guy and my Ubuntu colleagues have to access the file server using regular \\server\share paths, rather than \\domain\dfsnamespace\target.

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3 Answers

  1. I believe I have solved this problem!!

    I spent HOURS working on this before I solved, and I've documented my solution here:

    http://mattslay.com/connecting-ubuntu-to-windows-shares-and-dfs-trees/

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  2. Best Answer

    Are your Ubuntu colleagues using the CIFS client or are they using the SAMBA smbclient tool? http://pserver.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/linux-cifs-client-guide.pdf indicates that the smbclient tool can access DFS paths though the CIFS client cannot.

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  3. I have been able to get this to work on Ubuntu 18.04. You need to install both cifs-utils and keyutils packages. Two configuration changes also needed to be made in /etc/request-key.conf

    create  cifs.spnego     *       *               /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall -t %k
#create dns_resolver    *       *               /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall %k
create  dns_resolver    *       *               /sbin/key.dns_resolver %k

    Change the deprecated -c parameter to -t for the cifs.spnego type, and (using the cifs.upcall man page recommendations) change the dns_resolver type to use /sbin/key.dns_resolver

    We're also using realmd/sssd for configuring AD integration, which sets up Kerberos configuration for ssh and other tools.

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