Re: Alias a UNC Host Name in Server 2003

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I have also found that adding DNS aliases for file servers and having
clients connect up to the file server via the alias does not work.

"CJCollins" <CJCollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am having the same issue anyone have an recomendations?
>
> "o0fragility0o" wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to cut over to Active Directory. I want to turn off my NT
>> 4.0 Server (serverx) and forward all UNC paths (\\serverx\shared) to my
>> Windows Server 2003 (servery). From what I understand, this has to be
>> done in NetBIOS, but I can only find 3rd party tools to accomplish this
>> host name aliasing in NetBIOS. I can alias in DNS and WINS, and IP
>> resolution will work. When I try to access from the UNC path, I am
>> prompted for a password that doesn't exists even though the alias
>> resoves to the FQDN. Is this possible to do in Server 2003? If not,
>> is there some other way to do this?
>>
>>


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