• dfstool

    dfstool is a command line tool that enables Mac OS X users to query for and mount SMB shares indexed via the DFS (Distributed File System) service on a Windows server. dfstool is meant for use with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and has been tested with 10.6.7 and later. DFS support is included in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, so dfstool is not needed with that version of the operating system.

    Revision History:

    Version: 1.1
    Released: 2011-08-01
    Announcement & Discussion: Updated dfstool v1.1 Now Available
    Download: dfstool-1.1.tgz
    MD5: 37901f848ef3f4d8bf25cd90bfd2931a
    Changes:

    – Add -u user switch
    – Fix -d domain controller switch
    – Change -h screen to use basepath variable
    – Add -f option to mount via the Finder
    – Revised option handling to better catch incorrect option and argument combinations
    – Check Mac OS X version to ensure it only runs on Snow Leopard 10.6

    Version: 1.0
    Released: 2011-07-14
    Announcement & Discussion: Access DFS Shares from Mac OS X
    Download: dfstool-1.0.tgz
    MD5: eccd511ab256224f9bc1214396e0e0ae
    Changes:

    – Initial release

    Roadmap:

    Version: 1.2
    Expected Release: 2011-09-01
    Beta Download: dfstool-1.2b2.zip
    MD5: eb61fb9e2482fcdcb6ae962fc885ae23

    – Replace “-d <dc>” switch with a “-s <dfsserver>” switch for use with both AD and non-AD DFS trees.
    – Add a “-c” configure switch to set default the username, dfsserver, basepath and pathtrim options.
    – Use com.jescala.dfstool.plist files in the user and system library to store the default options.
    – Create a man page.
    – Create a standard pkg installer package.

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