After Modifying The Junction Target, Accessing The Junction Still Leads To The Old; Target; What's Next - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

NOTE: The string length of the NetBIOS name should not exceed 15 chars. The hostname or
the first 13 characters from the hostname, whichever is shorter is considered and appended with
_W at the end to frame the standard NetBIOS name.
3 Save and close the
hosts
4 If necessary, repeat
distribute it to the client machines.
5 On each client, map a network drive to the user's data volume.
Continuing the example above, the user could map to
\\USERSVR_W\VOL1
5a In the Windows Explorer file manager, click Tools > Map Network Drive.
5b In the Folder field, type one of the following:
\\192.168.1.1\volumename
\\servername_W\volumename
Replace
192.168.1.1
your server.
5c Select Reconnect at Logon.
5d Click Finish.
5.6.2 After Modifying the Junction Target, Accessing the
Junction Still Leads to the Old Target
Windows does not prompt the server everytime to resolve the junction every time the junction is
accessed. It prompts the server only for the first time and then caches it. When the junction is
accessed the next time, Windows does not prompt CIFS server to resolve the junction but it makes
use of the target location it received previously.
On restarting the Windows machine, if the same mapping is done, it points to correct location.
Because there is no cached value, it prompts the CIFS server to provide the location of the target that
the junction points to and gets the latest value from CIFS server.

5.7 What's Next

To learn how to use CIFS services as an end user, continue with
Computers," on page 63.
file.
Step 1 to Step 3 on each client computer, or create a
.
with the actual IP address or
hosts
or to
\\10.10.1.1\VOL1
with the hostname of
servername
Chapter 9, "Working with Client
Administering the CIFS Server
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