RE: DFS and Offline Folders

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From: Lynx (Lynx_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 04:54:03 -0800

We had the same, more or like, problem...
We found out that you hav to use the NTFS permission: "List folder Content"
for share level and down to users folders.....but not on users folders...for
domain users...
+ client side caching must be enable on the share...

"Mike" wrote:

> I am using off-line folders through a DFS share on the
> Windows XP Professional operating system. I recently
> moved the data to a new server and repointed the DFS link
> to the new data area. Now the off-line folders display an
> error on every file and folder. I have gone through by
> Microsoft and Google searches and can not find any thing
> about this type of problem. Has any one seen this type of
> issue. When ever I try to make the files offline I
> receive the following message "Offline Files
> [\\server\fileshare\]; Unable to make 'userid' available
> offline on \\server\dfsshare\. The system can not file
> the file specified.'
>

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