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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.

ThatGraemeGuy
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  • Can't really help you with this, but I found [this short tutorial](http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_talk:Feisty#Mounting_DFS_shares) doing a quick Google search, just making sure you've seen it. Doesn't seem very promising but maybe it's worth a shot? – hora Nov 12 '09 at 09:01

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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/

Matt Slay
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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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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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