DFS question

Question

On-prem, I setup DFS Domain-based namespace with two Windows 2022 servers. Everything seemed fine at first, but now I am unable to modify any of the DFS target. I attempted to offIine an old target and received "permissions denied". I am unable to modify folder targets I receive "permissions denied". I don't believe this is folder permission issue.

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community Forums.

The issue you are experiencing with modifying DFS targets and receiving "permissions denied" errors may be due to incorrect permissions on the DFS-Configuration in Active Directory. Here are the steps to resolve this issue:

1. Open adsiedit.msc.
2. Navigate to the domain partition: CN=System, CN=Dfs-Configuration.
3. Right-click on the namespace, select Properties, then go to the Security tab.
4. Ensure that the following permissions are set for the namespace server (not the user):
   • List contents
   • Read all properties
   • Write all properties
   • Read permissions

Make sure these permissions are correctly configured to allow modifications to the DFS targets.

For more details, please refer to the following links: Cannot add target folder on namespace - Access Denied

Best regards

Yanhong Liu