Node Alias mapping to a share local to the server fails

Question

We are having a problem where the serer that hosts a Windows share cannot map via \\node-alias\share-name. It prompts for a username\password but it will not authenticate. We are receiving NTLM authentication errors in the security logs. All other servers/PCs in the domain do not have a problem connecting to the share via the Node Alias. This becomes a problem because local DTS jobs have to grab files from a local share to complete. All DNS entries are created and are valid. I believe the problem to be with the NetBIOS and the server not allowing an access token to be created using an alias.

Any thoughts?

tribicic · Accepted Answer

Windows 2003 with SP1, right?Here is the solution:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914060/en-us

tribicic · Answer

I agree, the symptom description may be wrong as it is not possible to access it even when using credentials, but the proposed registry change will fix it up for sure.

Netsrc1 · Answer

Thanks for the reply. I will give it a try this weekend. The one symptom that does not apply to me is "After you type the credentials, you can view and access all shares" I can never access a local share using any credentials.

I am hoping the article will provide the answer to the issue. I will post the results Sunday.

Netsrc1 · Answer

thanks that did the trick.

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Node Alias mapping to a share local to the server fails

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