Looks like SetSPN is mixed in there, too. Doesn't look like brain surgery, though.
Thanks. Kurt On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > It still applies, but it may not always work. > > http://www.marc-lognoul.me/itblog-en/windows-the-confusion-over-disableloopbackcheck-disablestrictnamechecking-and-kerberos/ > > I think the above is a decent coverage of the topic. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 7:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] File server question > > All, > > We're going to be replacing our current 2003 server with a 2012 R2 VM. > > As is usual in these things, there are lots of links and embedded references > to the old file server name, and we want to start to move away from it. > > I'd like to stand up a CNAME for the old server pointing to the new server, > and everything I've been reading suggests that I need to put up the > disablestrictnamechecking regentry on the new machine. > > I seem to recall something indicating that this isn't necessary for > 2012 R2, but can't find reference to it, and I'm wondering if my memory is > clouded by something else. > > Do I need disablestrictnamechecking or not? > > Kurt > >

