Access a share through a DNS record

**ps3cheats** · 15-Mar-2007, 03:13 AM

Question: Hi, I'm trying to configure our file server with a DNS alias so all shortcuts and programs can point to,

\\myAlias\someshare

instead of

\\myRealServerName\someshare

I've tried everything possible in DNS, creating A and CNAME records but neither seem to work. When I try to access the share through windows explorer I just get errors that it can't find "myalias" or nothing shows up. I'm also familiar with this article, and it's advice didn't fix my problem. Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name

Can someone help me configure this?

**ps3cheats** · 15-Mar-2007, 03:14 AM

Can you ping the alias? Can you ping the Fully qualified alias?

Does it connect properly with
\\myRealServerName\someshare

If so can you connect via this:

\\myalias.yourdomain.com\someshare

If so, you need to configure your DNS suffix properly on the client.

Also have you reboot your box since you changed the disablestricknamechecking?

15-Mar-2007, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
ps3cheats Fixed Error! Posts: 1,497 Join Date: Mar 2007 Rep Power: 3 IM:	Access a share through a DNS record Question: Hi, I'm trying to configure our file server with a DNS alias so all shortcuts and programs can point to, \\myAlias\someshare instead of \\myRealServerName\someshare I've tried everything possible in DNS, creating A and CNAME records but neither seem to work. When I try to access the share through windows explorer I just get errors that it can't find "myalias" or nothing shows up. I'm also familiar with this article, and it's advice didn't fix my problem. Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name Can someone help me configure this?

15-Mar-2007, 03:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
ps3cheats Fixed Error! Posts: 1,497 Join Date: Mar 2007 Rep Power: 3 IM:	Re: Access a share through a DNS record Can you ping the alias? Can you ping the Fully qualified alias? Does it connect properly with \\myRealServerName\someshare If so can you connect via this: \\myalias.yourdomain.com\someshare If so, you need to configure your DNS suffix properly on the client. Also have you reboot your box since you changed the disablestricknamechecking?

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