DFS Links are empty on all client machines

[Bill Freda]

I've set up a stand-alone DFS root on an existing company
share. When I add DFS links, everything seems to be
working, even when I check the status of the link.
However, when I log on to the network on any client, and
then I go to the (already) mapped drive through explorer,
I see the link as a folder, but when I try to enter the
folder, it remains blank. On some NT 4.0 clients, I even
the get the error "Path not accessible" As far as I can
tell, it is not a permissions issue.

Thanks for any help,

Bill

 

[Daniel Billingsley]

The "already mapped" drive points to what? It needs to reference the dfs
path ( \\domain\dfsroot for example) not the share (\\server\share).

 

[bfreda]

Dan,

First off, thanks a lot for your reply. I've actually set
up a stand-alone DFS, not a domain DFS. The DFS root is
the same as the Share name, (ie. \\server\share =
\\server\dfsroot.

Thanks again for your help!

Bill

 

[Daniel Billingsley]

I think my underlying thought would be the same though. Accessing via the
share is bypassing DFS and all you would see is the virtual placeholder
folders, which should in fact be empty for the dfs links under normal
circumstances.

 

[bfreda]

What's your recommendation?

Thanks!
Bill

-----Original Message-----
I think my underlying thought would be the same though. Accessing via the
share is bypassing DFS and all you would see is the virtual placeholder
folders, which should in fact be empty for the dfs links under normal
circumstances.





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[Daniel Billingsley]

Access via the dfs path exclusively. If you have the mapping set in a login
script it's a trivial task to change \\server\share to \\server\dfsroot.

It should be noted for others that if there is ever a chance you will have
multiple targets for a dfs root, it is recommended that you not use the root
as a way to access folders physically under the root target share. That is,
the share that is the target for the dfs root should be empty except for the
virtual placeholder folders (that dfs will create). Replication will cause
major headaches with the "real" folders.