[iks]

Hello there...

What is the difference between
- \\domain\sharedfolder and
- \\computername\sharedfolder
where domain is Windows 2003 server domain and computername is the name of the same computer...

When I am trying to access shared folder over \\domain I can't get the access:

Quote:

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\\domain\sharedfolder is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.



Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable, or access has been denied.


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When everything works okay if I try to access the resource over \\computername\sharedfolder

Everything is the same if I am logged on to the domain or if I am not...

Folder has the following users set to "Full Control":
- Administrators
- Creator owner
- Domain Users
- Domain Admins
- Everyone
- SYSTEM
- Users

I can see all the shares through \\domain\, I just can't access them... And I wonder why...

Thanks,
-Andrej

[duhmez]

To get a domain share working, instead of \\computername\share, you'll need to implement DFS. (Distributed filesystem)
I've not set that up myself perhaps someone else can toss a bone here.

[duhmez]

Withut dfs yo'd just do \\computername\sharename, the doain isnt needed because each machine will have it's own name. (You don't name machines the same in your network, it would be chaos.)

I'm not saying for sure it can't be done, as I have not actually tried.