Re: DFS and Windows 2000 Pro clients


"D-Beau" <DBeau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For some reason none of our Windows 2000 Pro SP4 clients can see our DFS
shares.

Clarify carefully what "see" means...

When trying to access them I get an error either that they can't be found
or
that I don't have access.

See frequently means that a server doesn't show up in the Browser (Network
Neighborhood) which is possibly merely a Browsing issue, including WINS
Server or Client problems if you have more than one subnet.

"Can't be found" usually means a NAME RESOLUTION problem, either
NetBIOS or DNS -- usually DNS with DFS but both are possible.

No access is usually an authentication problem although it could be
a permission issue.

Authentication in AD domains is almost always a DNS problem,
either client settings, DCs settings, or issues with the DNS server
itself.

Is there anything I need to install or enable on these clients?

No.

But you do need to clarify which problem, or problems you actually
have.

Isolate the symptoms.

Can you ping? By name and IP or just by IP? If only by IP then
you have (at least) a name resolution problem. If NOT by IP
then you have a basic IP/routing/network issue and need to fix
this before worrying about name resolution and other things....

Are you authenticated?

Can you explicitly "net use" or "net view" to see and use a share?

And explicitly authenticate as an admin or someone who clearly
has permission?

net view \\ServerOrDFSName

net use * \\ServerOrDFSName\Sharename

net use * \\ServerOrDFSName\Sharename * /user:DomainName\Administrator

(Administrator or some other privileged user on the share.)

Problems are easy to solve usually -- FINDING the problem is the hard part.



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