Re: Newbie having a problem with AD

From: Sam (noluckschmuckNOSPAM_at_ev1.net)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:04:36 -0500

To further elaborate ...

I've created an Organizational Unit on the server, then populated it with
a few shares - one for a folder on logical drive I, another for logical drive K.

Both shares have been published in AD.

On the server (called "WSVR-2003E-01"), in Computer management, system tools,
shared folders, shares ...

Under the share name column, I have 'Folder-on-drive-I-share'
[path - F:\server downloads],
with the number of client connections showing 0.

I right click on it, hit properties, the publish tab, and the path
to shared folder is:
\\WSVR-2003E-01\Folder-on-drive-I-share
Publish this share in Active Directory is checked, BTW.

Also under the share name column, I also have 'Drive-K-Share'
[path - K:\],
with the number of client connections also showing 0.

I right click on it, hit properties, the publish tab, and the path
to shared folder is:
\\WSVR-2003E-01\Drive-K-Share
Publish this share in Active Directory is also checked.

Now on to Active Directory Users and Computers ...

Under the Domain name ("DNS-Domain-01.com"), I have
(in the tree on the left pane)
"Organizational Object 01".

In the right pane, I have two entries for the OU:
Drive I share on WSVR-2003E-01 shared folder
Shared K drive on WSVR-2003E-01 shared folder

With the first one (the Drive I share), I right click on it,
hit properties, then the general tab, and under UNC name, it shows:
\\WSVR-2003E-01.DNS-Domain-01.com\Folder-on-drive-I-share

With the second one (the Drive K share), I right click on it,
hit properties, then the general tab, and under UNC name, it shows:
\\WSVR-2003E-01.DNS-Domain-01.com\Drive-K-Share

Does everything look OK so far?

The directory entry for the domain name ("DNS-Domain-01.com")
still turns up empty on the client for Directory under Entire Network.

GRRRRR!!!

I clicked on find, told it to search for published shares, and it found nothing.

Do I need to do anything WRT "broadcasting" the presence of the OU to the network?

What am I missing?

- Sam

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