I'm trying to setup a Distributed File System for the first time and am having a heck of a time getting the permissions setup correctly. I'm setting it up on a Windows 2008 DC running in Windows 2008 mode. I've created the namespace, the folder under the namespace and a target folder. When I setup the namespace, I accepted all the defaults. The problem is when I try to access the share by going to \\domainname\namespacename\namespacefolder, I am prompted for a username and password even though I have already authenticated to the domain.
Do I have to grant special permissions to the namespace folder and/or the target folder. The target folder's share permissions are everyone full rights with no NTFS permissions set. The NTFS permissions are set on each folder under the target folder directory. The folders under the target folder directory do not have any share permissions. Do I have to grant NTFS permissions of traverse/read, etc., to the target folder in order to traverse through it to get to the other folders? Must the folders under the target folder have share permissions set in addition to NTFS permissions? I've had no training in DFS so I'm sure I'm asking some stupid questions. However, I really want to set it up right the first time. Is there a good book that depicts this or is there a forum you could point me to? Any help will be greatly appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
