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From: Dan DeCoursey on 24 Jun 2010 16:06 IS there a way to establish an anternate server name...my servername is olng and cumbersome to type in.. is there a way to establish like an "alias" and why are so many of the other discussion groups here empty ..I just posted this quetion in the DNS group....and at least for me that group has no post's at all in the folder ??
From: Phillip Windell on 24 Jun 2010 17:35 Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record. -- Phillip Windell The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. ----------------------------------------------------- "Dan DeCoursey" <DanDeCoursey(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:523AF23E-2FA4-470E-B858-4A7350138D01(a)microsoft.com... > IS there a way to establish an anternate server name...my servername is > olng > and cumbersome to type in.. is there a way to establish like an > "alias" > > and > > why are so many of the other discussion groups here empty ..I just posted > this quetion in the DNS group....and at least for me that group has no > post's > at all in the folder ??
From: Grant Taylor on 25 Jun 2010 01:47 Phillip Windell wrote: > Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record. Will that work for things like UNC shares? I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME would work or not. Is that not the case? I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy? Grant. . . .
From: Phillip Windell on 25 Jun 2010 09:57 I don't know. But it is easy to try and find out. -- Phillip Windell The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. ----------------------------------------------------- "Grant Taylor" <gtaylor(a)riverviewtech.net> wrote in message news:i01fta$jp7$1(a)tncsrv01.tnetconsulting.net... > Phillip Windell wrote: >> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record. > > Will that work for things like UNC shares? > > I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME would > work or not. Is that not the case? > > I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But will > File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy? > > > > Grant. . . .
From: kj [SBS MVP] on 25 Jun 2010 11:39
As I recall when attempting to connect \\cname\sharename you get a "duplicate names exists on the network error" Also doesn't work for connections that use certificates like secure ldap. (The computer connection needs to match the certificate) Probably a few other things as well that don't work. Phillip Windell wrote: > I don't know. > > But it is easy to try and find out. > > > > "Grant Taylor" <gtaylor(a)riverviewtech.net> wrote in message > news:i01fta$jp7$1(a)tncsrv01.tnetconsulting.net... >> Phillip Windell wrote: >>> Create a CNAME in DNS that point to the existing "A" Record. >> >> Will that work for things like UNC shares? >> >> I thought there was a setting somewhere that dictated if a CNAME >> would work or not. Is that not the case? >> >> I know the CNAME can be used to resolve the host name to an IP. But >> will File and Print Services (SMB/CIFS) be happy? >> >> >> >> Grant. . . . -- /kj |