I am currently learning DFS and I have some questions about some things I find really strange. But first an overview:
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SOIL-DC1 (Server)
D:\Shares\Research (shared as \\SOIL-DC1\Research)
D:\Shares\Laboratory (shared as \\SOIL-DC1\Laboratory)
SOIL-DC2 (Server)
D:\Shares\Development (shared as \\SOIL-DC2\Development)
\\SNAKEOIL.LOCAL\Public (DFS-Namespace)
Research (targets to \\SOIL-DC1\Research)
Laboratory (targets to \\SOIL-DC1\Laboratory)
Development (targets to \\SOIL-DC1\Development)
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The intended namespace \\SNAKEOIL.LOCAL\Public is working as expected and inside you see the three folders Research, Laboratory and Development. So far, so good.
Here comes the broken thing:
I also see those three folders outside the DFS root, therefore directly in \\SNAKEOIL.LOCAL\Research (notice "Public" is missing). Those three folders outside the DFS root are shown as empty and I don't have permissions to add any files.
Why is that and how can I avoid this strange behaviour?