On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:11:58 +0800, "IT Staff" <> wrote:
>I thought when a client access DFS share, it should point to their local
>site server.
The server that is chosen is dependant upon the link cost (as for AD sites and
services) and the properties you set on the links in the DFS console. Again so
"How DFS Works"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...17(WS.10).aspx
It is not a technically difficult read and you will be surprised at how simple
the referral system is. It explains the role of the DCs, the DFS Servers and the
client.
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>How shld i configure the permissions then ?
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>"DaveMills" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> When a client access a DFS share the target folder is retrieved (it could
>> be any
>> target if there are more than one). The client the access the share using
>> the
>> resolved UNC name. The permissions are the same as those that would apply
>> if the
>> user went straight to the UNC name without using the DFS path.
>>
>> The configuration you have described is a disaster. Neither user will get
>> a
>> consistent result. Furthermore there is an assumption that the two folders
>> 1 and
>> 2 are going to be identical.
>>
>> There is a document "How DFS works" on the MS DFS site, read it.
>>
>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:07:06 +0800, "IT Staff" <> wrote:
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>>>WINDOWS 2003 R2 32 BIT
>>>
>>>
>>>\\server1\shared1 - overall permission is users1 can read
>>>\\server2\shared2 - overall permission is users2 can write
>>>
>>>\\domain_name_space.com\alldoc
>>>folder targets below:
>>>(\\server1\shared1)
>>>(\\server2\shared2 )
>>>
>>>Both users1 and users2 see the same set of folders displayed. Say server2
>>>is
>>>offline. When users2 see files in server1 target via the
>>>\\domain_namespace\alldoc, does the ORIGINAL permission applies ?
>>>
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>>>
>> --
>> Dave Mills
>> There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that
>> don't.
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Dave Mills
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