JSI Tip 5282. How can I configure DFS referrals to use fully qualified domain names?
Jerold Schulman
May 7, 2002
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A Windows 2000 server using DFS responds to a DFS 'get referral' using NetBIOS format, \.
Some client's may be unable to resolve the server name returned.
In a DNS-only environment, you can configure DFS to respond with a fully qualified domain name:
1. Use the Registry Editor to navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDfs.
2. If the DfsDnsConfig Value Name does NOT exist, add it as a REG_DWORD data type.
3. Set the data value of DfsDnsConfig to 1 to cause all the roots to use a fully qualified domain name. A data value of 0 specifies the default behavior, NetBIOS.
4. Open a CMD prompt and type:
dfsutil /clean:.
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