Wins problem

[sidus]

I am trying to consolidate 3 fileservers into one and maintain backwards compatibility for legacy shares etc.

So I have:

FS2
FS3
FS4

all have shares etc... All have been relocated to FS1 but when I try to browse \\fs2\blabla I either get nothing or "A duplicate account exists" or "Account name incorrect"

All this after aliasing DNS and static mapping WINS. It obviously has to do with NTLM and the computer accounts but I guess I am not smart enough to figure it out.

Can someone give me a fresh perspective?

Thanks

[sidus]

Just got the solution in case anyone else would like it...

Long story short, google these reg keys:

This key lets you add additional names for your server to alias in WINS:

Key: HKEY_Local_MachineSystemCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters
Name: “OptionalNames”
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Value: [1 name per line for each alias]

This key disables strict name checking in lanman allowing your server to respond to requests under a different name than the computer account.

Key: HKEY_Local_MachineSystemCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters
Name: “DisableStrictNameChecking”
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

[afterburn]

I would have done that differently. What type of computers would be accessing the shares? I would have placed it in Dns instead.