I haven't played with 2008 DFS yet, so bear with me. It looks like you've setup \\%servername%\shares<file://%25servername%25/shares>as your DFS Folder Target (share). The path to that would be \\domain\shares <file://domain/shares>. In your original post, you stated that the folder target (shares) does not have any NTFS permissions. I believe that may be where your problem lies. The user would need to be able to traverse the directory to access the resources within it.
1) Yes. I believe using Everyone:Full Control is the accepted practice, and using NTFS to assign granular rights. 2) Yes, the folder target needs to be shared. The user should be able to access \\houston\shares\projects\cd<file://houston/shares/projects/cd>once the NTFS permissions are setup correctly. - Sean On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Terri Esham <[email protected]> wrote: > First, I'm happy to hear you are recovering and really appreciate your > willingness to assist. > > When I setup the directories they were initially shared, however, I > replicated them to a new server and, of course, the shared permissions did > not replicate. > > Went I went through the DFS wizard, I did create the AD share. > > What help I need. > > 1. In order for a user to get access over the network to a shared folder > using DFS, do you have to have the share permissions set? > 2. Is there anyway not to use share permissions to grant access over the > network if it is a DFS share or do you still have to set share permissions > to everyone full and control rights through the NTFS settings? > > How would I setup the following DFS shares: > > Domain: Houston > AD Share: Shares > DFS Folder name: Projects with a target folder called Joint Use > > The Joint User directory has the following subfolders: AB, CD, ED, EF . > The subfolders in Joint Use do have share permissions set, but they do have > NTFS permissions set. > > Does the Joint User folder have to be shared with everyone full rights? Do > the subfolders in Joint Use, AB, CD, ED, etc., have to have share > permissions set or is the NTFS permissions enough? > > Where would a user who has NTFS permissions to the CD folder under joint > use point there network place to? \\houston\shares\projects\CD? > > Thank you so much. > > > > > > > On DFS server: > namespace is test1 > ad share is called shares > folder is called projects with target to joint use > > In the target "joint use" there are folders called: AB, CD, ED, GF - These > folders do not share share permissions set, but they do have > > > Daniel Rodriguez said the following on 10/6/2009 10:54 AM: > > When you setup the directories did you setup them up to be shared, > initially? > > When you went through the wizard to setup the DFS, did you create the AD > Share? > > What help are you needing? I am sitting here are home, still recovering > from surgery and would love to have some distraction. :) > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Terri Esham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/> ~ >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
