RE: Can't connect or browse DFS Namespace from WinXP

JR...the problem is that the xp machines you are trying to access from ARE
NOT in the domain...you will get access denied. have you tried giving NTFS
and share permissions to the EVERYONE group?

"JR A." wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I recently setup a Win2008 R2 DFS namespace server (standalone, not
> domain-based) that I'm having a little issue touching certain XP
> clients. Specifically, the DFSN is on the domain, but the DfsRoot is
> not domain-based (hope that makes sense).
>
> The issue I'm having is from XP clients that are NOT on the domain and
> try to access the DFS Namespace server located at \\DFSServer
>
> They can *browse* the root of the namespace server and see all the
> namespaces available, but attempting to browse within any of the
> shares (to which I have administrative access to) yields an error:
>
> "\\DFSServer\Users 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."
>
> I know it's not a firewall issue (shares can be access directly by the
> link, just not through the DFS). I've tried the fix for XP SP2 to set
> EnableDfsLoopbackTargets in the registry to 1, but this did not fix
> the issue.
>
> Any ideas? I'm in a little hot water here since all my tests prior to
> today didn't reveal this issue and I've already deployed some
> production shares on the DFS.
>
> Thanks,
>