Full MS DFS use with Linux

lixfree · 01-04-2011, 07:26 AM

Hi,
I'm trying to understand if and how Linux (especially Red Hat Enterprise 5.x) support the access to MS-DFS shares. I'm thinking expecially about the failover functionality: if my primary MS Win 2008 server failes, how linux client can recover to the backup one? Is there a special way to mount DFS shares?

thanks in advance,

lixfree

acid_kewpie · 01-04-2011, 07:34 AM

Not a networking question. Moved to Linux - Server.

ComputerErik · 01-04-2011, 05:28 PM

What makes you think anything special needs to happen on the client side? All DFS amounts to at the end of the day is replication of files between multiple servers and some DNS tricks. If you are mounting the DFS share properly, as in \\domain.name\root\share, then all should be taken care of by Windows.

If you mean how to actually mount them it is the same as any CIFS share.

lixfree · 01-08-2011, 04:29 AM

Thanks. I've read somewhere something about specify, on the client side, all the servers involved...but now I understand, on the client side is just a "normal" mount.
Thanks!