Microsoft KB Archive/254298

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DFS May Not Honor Site Membership When DFS Server Submits Commands

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
Distributed File System (DFS) may not honor site membership when users submit commands to a DFS share from a DFS server. For example, if you open a command prompt window on a DFS server and submit a DIR command to a DFS share backed by multiple replicas in multiple sites, a random replica may be selected. This applies only when operations are done from a DFS server.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs when commands are submitted from DFS servers, as opposed to clients. Commands such as DIR, submitted from the server, are not guaranteed to arrive at a replica that is in the same site as the DFS server.

MORE INFORMATION
DFS communication from clients works properly with site memberships.

Additional query words: win2krelnotes

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Version : WINDOWS:2000

Platform : WINDOWS

Issue type : kbprb

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