Microsoft KB Archive/327408

= DFS Does Not Delete All Entries from the DFS Referral Cache During Logoff =

Article ID: 327408

Article Last Modified on 8/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q327408



SYMPTOMS
The Distributed File System (DFS) functionality in Directory Services Client for Windows 95 and Windows 98 may not delete all entries from the client DFS referral cache during user logoff.

The cache contains DFS lists of target network paths for DFS links that are contained in DFS roots. These might be orphaned if a user logs off and another account is used to log on to a different domain without an intervening system restart. Additionally, if a network administrator changes a link target from a share to a DFS root (or the reverse), all the Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients must be restarted afterward to make sure that connectivity is safe.

For additional information about issues about connecting to DFS link targets that have been modified since link creation, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

324212 Exception 0E Error Message When You Try to Connect to a DFS Link Target

327398 Error Message When You Try to Connect to a DFS Link Target from a DFS Root, or When You Use a Logon Script to Map a Drive to a DFS Root



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, restart the computer if you are logging onto another domain after the first user logs off.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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