How to make a \\NAME share?

Question

Ok so I would like to create a share so if someone writes \\NAME they will reach a certain part of our fileshares.

Let's take for example \\FS

When this is written right now, nothing happens. So how do we fix this, how do we make sure \\FS goes to our fileserver which would be

\\company.local\company\fs

Have you taken a look at Microsoft's distributed file system? — SpacemanSpiff, Dec 06 '11 at 12:46
Spiff - just make that a statement, and put it as an answer :-) — mfinni, Dec 06 '11 at 12:48
I don't see any option to make it strictly \\FS there, Current setup: DFS Management => Namespaces => \\company.local\company => fs — rkl, Dec 06 '11 at 12:49

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '11 at 13:08

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You can't. SMB connections are addressed in a \\node-name\share pattern. Even with DFS, you still use a namespace in place of the node name.

The closest you could get is making a DFS Namespace at \\domain.com\namespace.

answered Dec 06 '11 at 13:08

MDMarra

Thanks for the reply, guess there is no work around for that? – rkl Dec 06 '11 at 13:32
Not that I've ever seen. – MDMarra Dec 06 '11 at 14:03

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