Let’s say we have a server named Server1 and another named server2
There’s a share on server2 called
\\server2\share.
Now on the client I put Server1 in the host file and give it server2’s IP Address.
So I try to access the share on server2 with\\Server1\share.
The error received is Logon Failure: The Target name is incorrect.
Of course if I use server2’s IP address
\\10.10.10.11\Share or\\Server2\Share it works.
I’m guessing for some reason the Target name in the path actually has to match the target name of the server, but why and is there a way around it?
Robert W. Kirchhof