Wiki source code of SMB_File_Sharing
Version 1.3 by Sebastian Marsching on 2022/04/03 22:24
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| 1 | # Accessing a host over SMB using an alias name | ||
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| 3 | The name has to be registered in WINS. Besides the server has to be told to accept requests with arbitrary names: [http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windows-2000-dns/3082/Server-alias](http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windows-2000-dns/3082/Server-alias) | ||
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| 5 | **Update:** After using this method for some time, I found out that this can have funny effects, like not being able to connect to a share from the same server. Therefore I would rather recommend using DFS namespaces. | ||
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