Alternate server name

IS there a way to establish an anternate server name...my servername is olng
and cumbersome to type in.. is there a way to establish like an "alias"

and

why are so many of the other discussion groups here empty ..I just posted
this quetion in the DNS group....and at least for me that group has no post's
at all in the folder ??

Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.


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Phillip Windell

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or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Dan DeCoursey" <> wrote in message
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> IS there a way to establish an anternate server name...my servername is
> olng
> and cumbersome to type in.. is there a way to establish like an
> "alias"
>
> and
>
> why are so many of the other discussion groups here empty ..I just posted
> this quetion in the DNS group....and at least for me that group has no
> post's
> at all in the folder ??

Phillip Windell wrote:
> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.

Will that work for things like UNC shares?

I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME would
work or not. Is that not the case?

I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But
will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy?



Grant. . . .

I don't know.

But it is easy to try and find out.


--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Grant Taylor" <> wrote in message
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> Phillip Windell wrote:
>> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.
>
> Will that work for things like UNC shares?
>
> I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME would
> work or not. Is that not the case?
>
> I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But will
> File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy?
>
>
>
> Grant. . . .

As I recall when attempting to connect \\cname\sharename you get a
"duplicate names exists on the network error"

Also doesn't work for connections that use certificates like secure ldap.
(The computer connection needs to match the certificate)

Probably a few other things as well that don't work.


Phillip Windell wrote:
> I don't know.
>
> But it is easy to try and find out.
>
>
>
> "Grant Taylor" <> wrote in message
> news:i01fta$jp7$...
>> Phillip Windell wrote:
>>> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.
>>
>> Will that work for things like UNC shares?
>>
>> I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME
>> would work or not. Is that not the case?
>>
>> I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But
>> will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy?
>>
>>
>>
>> Grant. . . .

--
/kj

Yea, I started thinking about that afterwards.
Wasn't there a registry tweek that would overcome [at least] some of those
things?

I guess it would be better to just rename the machine and forget it.


--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------


"kj [SBS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> As I recall when attempting to connect \\cname\sharename you get a
> "duplicate names exists on the network error"
>
> Also doesn't work for connections that use certificates like secure ldap.
> (The computer connection needs to match the certificate)
>
> Probably a few other things as well that don't work.
>
>
> Phillip Windell wrote:
>> I don't know.
>>
>> But it is easy to try and find out.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Grant Taylor" <> wrote in message
>> news:i01fta$jp7$...
>>> Phillip Windell wrote:
>>>> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.
>>>
>>> Will that work for things like UNC shares?
>>>
>>> I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME
>>> would work or not. Is that not the case?
>>>
>>> I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But
>>> will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Grant. . . .
>
> --
> /kj
>

Phillip Windell wrote:
> Yea, I started thinking about that afterwards.
> Wasn't there a registry tweek that would overcome [at least] some of
> those things?

Hmm. Maybe for the share name, but pretty sure it's "sorry charlie" for
anything using a cert.

>
> I guess it would be better to just rename the machine and forget it.
>
>
>
> "kj [SBS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> As I recall when attempting to connect \\cname\sharename you get a
>> "duplicate names exists on the network error"
>>
>> Also doesn't work for connections that use certificates like secure
>> ldap. (The computer connection needs to match the certificate)
>>
>> Probably a few other things as well that don't work.
>>
>>
>> Phillip Windell wrote:
>>> I don't know.
>>>
>>> But it is easy to try and find out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Grant Taylor" <> wrote in message
>>> news:i01fta$jp7$...
>>>> Phillip Windell wrote:
>>>>> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record.
>>>>
>>>> Will that work for things like UNC shares?
>>>>
>>>> I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME
>>>> would work or not. Is that not the case?
>>>>
>>>> I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But
>>>> will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Grant. . . .
>>
>> --
>> /kj

--
/kj

kj [SBS MVP] wrote:
> Hmm. Maybe for the share name, but pretty sure it's "sorry charlie"
> for anything using a cert.

What about a cert that is using a SAN? Or a wild card cert for multiple
systems with in a domain?



Grant. . . .