Hello,
we have a DFS Namespace with some shared folders defined. We have 4 Domain Controllers configured as Namespace Servers, all 4 are located in same site and are in one LAN. Randomly users can not access these shares, it might work after a short while again. I feel like two of our 4 Namespace Serves have issues. Because if I do a "net share mx" on these two servers I suspect, I get an Access deied. While the same command works on th eother two Namespace servers.
Both servers with issues are our newest DCs, which are running Windows Server 2019, while the two ones which work, are 2008r2 and 2012r2. I have recently (well, about 2 month ago) moved all FSMO roles from the 2008r2 to one of the 2019.
But I I look to the sharing permissoins, all have the same settings. In DFS Mangement Everyone has Read, while sharing + ntfs permissions do not have permissions for everyone, but none fo the servers has.
net share mx
Share name mx
Path C:\DFSRoots\mx
Remark
Maximum users No limit
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.
The same command works on the old Namespace Servers:
net share mxShare name mx
Path C:\DFSRoots\mx
Remark
Maximum users No limit
Users koster
Caching Manual caching of documents
Permission Everyone, READ
The command completed successfully.
I also get some Access Denied errors when I run "DFSDiag /TestDFSConfig /DFSRoot:\\mobilex.intra\mx" on these two servers in charge
on dc1-2019:
Validating registry entries...
Comparing DC1 - DC1-2012R2.
Comparing DC1-2012R2 - DC2-2019.mobileX.intra.
Comparing DC2-2019.mobileX.intra - DC1-2019.mobileX.intra.
Error: Access is denied.
Ignoring the following server for comparison: DC1-2019.mobileX.intra
Success: The registry values under HKLM\CCS\Services\Dfs\Parameters are consistent on all compared servers.
Finished TestDfsConfig.
on dc2-2019:
Validating registry entries...
Comparing DC1 - DC1-2012R2.
Comparing DC1-2012R2 - DC2-2019.mobileX.intra.
Error: Access is denied.
Ignoring the following server for comparison: DC2-2019.mobileX.intra
Success: The registry values under HKLM\CCS\Services\Dfs\Parameters are consistent on all compared servers.
Finished TestDfsConfig.
The same command on my older Namespace Servers do not return any error:
Validating registry entries...
Comparing DC1 - DC1-2012R2.
Comparing DC1-2012R2 - DC2-2019.mobileX.intra.
Comparing DC2-2019.mobileX.intra - DC1-2019.mobileX.intra.
Success: The registry values under HKLM\CCS\Services\Dfs\Parameters are consistent on all compared servers.
Finished TestDfsConfig.
I am not very familier with this topic, hope someone can explain and point me to some right direction.
kr
Dieter