duplicate name exists on network

bella

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Hi,

For Win2000 advanced SP3 server, one computer shared
directory named "sharedir". I want this computer have two
computer names. Both access to same directory, so that
when I access

\\OldName\sharedir
or
\\NewName\sharedir


In DNS -> Forward Lookup Zones --> DomainName --> add host
a) OldName(Physical Name of the server)
b) NewName(A new name)

Of course, OldName and NewName with same IP in DNS.

When I run "dir \\NewName\sharedir"

System error 52 has occurred.
A duplicate name exists on the network

What's happened ?

Thanks
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?)

What happened is that you didn't know that under the covers a netbios handshake
is occurring and it verifies the server name....

You can override that behavior by setting DisableStrictNameChecking in the registry.

Please see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281308

joe

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net



bella wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For Win2000 advanced SP3 server, one computer shared
> directory named "sharedir". I want this computer have two
> computer names. Both access to same directory, so that
> when I access
>
> \\OldName\sharedir
> or
> \\NewName\sharedir
>
>
> In DNS -> Forward Lookup Zones --> DomainName --> add host
> a) OldName(Physical Name of the server)
> b) NewName(A new name)
>
> Of course, OldName and NewName with same IP in DNS.
>
> When I run "dir \\NewName\sharedir"
>
> System error 52 has occurred.
> A duplicate name exists on the network
>
> What's happened ?
>
> Thanks
>