Discussion:
DFS and win98/nt4 clients
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BerSerK
2004-05-18 12:23:18 UTC
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Hi,

I have two servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise with AD and some of my
NT4 workstation cannot open DFS Shares ?

I have something like \\domainname\users

And all Windows 98 clients cant connect either, is it normal ?

Thanks
Chriss3
2004-05-18 13:45:33 UTC
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Yes. You can install Active Directory Client to support this. other wise use
\\servername\dfsroot\users
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Christoffer Andersson

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Post by BerSerK
Hi,
I have two servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise with AD and some of my
NT4 workstation cannot open DFS Shares ?
I have something like \\domainname\users
And all Windows 98 clients cant connect either, is it normal ?
Thanks
BerSerK
2004-05-21 14:18:18 UTC
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I managed to get it to work on Windows 98 SE.

On NT4 even with dsclient.exe installed my DFS shares are not accesible. Do
I need anything else ?

Thanks!!!
Post by Chriss3
Yes. You can install Active Directory Client to support this. other wise use
\\servername\dfsroot\users
--
Regards
Christoffer Andersson
No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
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http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
Post by BerSerK
Hi,
I have two servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise with AD and some of my
NT4 workstation cannot open DFS Shares ?
I have something like \\domainname\users
And all Windows 98 clients cant connect either, is it normal ?
Thanks
BerSerK
2004-05-21 17:07:42 UTC
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on NT4 I can connect to \\machinename\dfsshare but I cannot connect to
\\domainname\dfsshare.

why ooohhhh why ?

:-)

Thanks
Post by BerSerK
I managed to get it to work on Windows 98 SE.
On NT4 even with dsclient.exe installed my DFS shares are not accesible.
Do
Post by BerSerK
I need anything else ?
Thanks!!!
Post by Chriss3
Yes. You can install Active Directory Client to support this. other wise
use
Post by Chriss3
\\servername\dfsroot\users
--
Regards
Christoffer Andersson
No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
------------------------------------------------
http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
Post by BerSerK
Hi,
I have two servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise with AD and some of
my
Post by Chriss3
Post by BerSerK
NT4 workstation cannot open DFS Shares ?
I have something like \\domainname\users
And all Windows 98 clients cant connect either, is it normal ?
Thanks
BerSerK
2004-05-21 17:18:10 UTC
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Ok, got it, I removed the machine from the domain and re-joined the
domain...I guess something was wrong in that department.

Thanks for the help Chriss3!
Post by BerSerK
on NT4 I can connect to \\machinename\dfsshare but I cannot connect to
\\domainname\dfsshare.
why ooohhhh why ?
:-)
Thanks
Post by BerSerK
I managed to get it to work on Windows 98 SE.
On NT4 even with dsclient.exe installed my DFS shares are not accesible.
Do
Post by BerSerK
I need anything else ?
Thanks!!!
Post by Chriss3
Yes. You can install Active Directory Client to support this. other wise
use
Post by Chriss3
\\servername\dfsroot\users
--
Regards
Christoffer Andersson
No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
------------------------------------------------
http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
Post by BerSerK
Hi,
I have two servers running Windows 2003 Enterprise with AD and some of
my
Post by Chriss3
Post by BerSerK
NT4 workstation cannot open DFS Shares ?
I have something like \\domainname\users
And all Windows 98 clients cant connect either, is it normal ?
Thanks
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