Restrictions Using Microsoft Dfs From The Nss; Setting Up Cifs Access - Linksys NSS6000 Series Administrator's Manual

Managing the Shares

Restrictions using Microsoft DFS from the NSS

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Restrictions using Microsoft DFS from the NSS

Setting up CIFS Access

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Make sure you review the restrictions and recommendations for using Microsoft
DFS from the NSS.
To use DFS folders from the NSS, it is important to understand the limitations or
restrictions involved and how to best configure your system:
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User Credentials must be Recognized by the Remote Server: Re-
direction to a remote file-server is only successful if the current user
credentials (i.e., the user's NSS username and password) are recognized by
the remote server. Microsoft DFS (MSDFS) operates optimally if the PC-
user's login username and password are recognized as valid on all file
servers being accessed. Otherwise, an authentication error occurs and the
user may not be able to re-authenticate with different user credentials.
As a workaround in a non-domain (workgroup) environment, pre-map a file-
share to each file server that needs special user credentials (other than the
logged-in username and password). In this case, the MSDFS redirect
proceeds smoothly because the PC-client already has an established
session with the target file-server. When the user's login is different on the
DFS leaf than the DFS root, they can pre-login to the leaf. When they then
login to the root, they can access the linked DFS share.
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Windows Operating System Version: MSDFS is not supported by
Windows 98 clients.
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Windows Clients must be Restarted: After you set up a DFS root, any
Windows clients that were connected must be restarted.
Although you cannot globally disable CIFS as you can for NFS and FTP, you can
allow or disallow CIFS access on a per-share basis. The CIFS Networking
Configuration page lets you specify the length of time CIFS connections to the
NSS can be idle before being automatically disconnected.
To set up the idle disconnect time for a CIFS connection to the NSS:
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