intermittent dfs drive mapping issues

[Guest Jay man]

We have intermittent issues with users mapping a drive to a dfs share. Drive

mappings happen through a login script. Drive mappings to other servers work

fine.

 

Symptoms:

1.A "system error 3 has occurred" error appears when running the login

script or trying to map the drive manually through DOS using net use n:

\\domain\share\folder

2.When trying to map through explorer, a system error occurs.

3.Yet when you browse to the share from run you can view the contents and

only then are you able to map the drive to \\domain\share\folder

 

 

The above happens irrespective of whether just the domain name is used or

the FQDN is used.

 

Client workstations having the problem are Windows Xp pc's. DC's are Windows

2003 Sp1, along with file servers hosting the data.

 

Anyone had or have the same issue with a solution?

 

Cheers

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: intermittent dfs drive mapping issues

 

>We have intermittent issues with users mapping a drive to a dfs share. Drive

>mappings happen through a login script. Drive mappings to other servers work

>fine.

>

>Symptoms:

>1.A "system error 3 has occurred" error appears when running the login

>script or trying to map the drive manually through DOS using net use n:

>\\domain\share\folder

>2.When trying to map through explorer, a system error occurs.

>3.Yet when you browse to the share from run you can view the contents and

>only then are you able to map the drive to \\domain\share\folder

>

>

>The above happens irrespective of whether just the domain name is used or

>the FQDN is used.

>

>Client workstations having the problem are Windows Xp pc's. DC's are Windows

>2003 Sp1, along with file servers hosting the data.

>

>Anyone had or have the same issue with a solution?

>

>Cheers

 

You may want to upgrade to Server 2003 SP2 some time soon. See if any

of the info in these KBs helps:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938666

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944505

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931685

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Jay man]

Re: intermittent dfs drive mapping issues

 

Hi Mr Wolf

 

Thanks for your input. I've been through those kb's you supplied and none

seem relevant unfortunately. In the interim I've excluded the following

directories from being scanned by Trend Officescan:

 

d:\dfs

s:\shareddirectory (this is the dir where all the shares are)

 

You mention upgrading to SP2, I've been through the list of fixes SP2 is

supposed to resolve and kb898900 is the only fix related to dfs there is.

Does not seem to be related.

 

Also did I mention, this problem is intermittent.

 

Any more ideas?

 

 

 

"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:

> >We have intermittent issues with users mapping a drive to a dfs share. Drive

> >mappings happen through a login script. Drive mappings to other servers work

> >fine.

> >

> >Symptoms:

> >1.A "system error 3 has occurred" error appears when running the login

> >script or trying to map the drive manually through DOS using net use n:

> >\\domain\share\folder

> >2.When trying to map through explorer, a system error occurs.

> >3.Yet when you browse to the share from run you can view the contents and

> >only then are you able to map the drive to \\domain\share\folder

> >

> >

> >The above happens irrespective of whether just the domain name is used or

> >the FQDN is used.

> >

> >Client workstations having the problem are Windows Xp pc's. DC's are Windows

> >2003 Sp1, along with file servers hosting the data.

> >

> >Anyone had or have the same issue with a solution?

> >

> >Cheers

>

> You may want to upgrade to Server 2003 SP2 some time soon. See if any

> of the info in these KBs helps:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938666

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944505

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931685

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

>

[Guest cmllanes]

Re: intermittent dfs drive mapping issues

 

 

Hi Jay man,

 

I am wondering if you ever found a solution to this problem. I am now

having precisely the same issue with DFS-mapped drives. And I have also

been through the KB articles referenced, but they do not address this

specific problem.

 

My problems started about 6 weeks ago, and I thought that it might be

due to a Windows Update. But I now see that your original post is far

earlier...

 

Regards

 

 

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