DFS and warnings about scripts

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DFS and warnings about scripts William Holmes 01-06-2006
Posted by William Holmes on January 6, 2006, 1:05 pm
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Hello,

I have a test command script test.cmd which has one line in it. Echo Test.
If I place this script on a Windows 2003 SP1 file server and access it the
script executes with no warnings. Now I create a Domain DFS root and link
to the same directory on the Windows 2003 SP1 file server. I then connect to
the DFS Share and execute the script. This time a dialog comes up that askes
if I really want to run the file.

The DFS root is configured as a Domain DFS root. The domain controllers are
Windows 2003 SP1 as well.

Is there and explanation for this behavior? There seems to be a different
policy being applied when files are accessed through the Domain DFS Root.

Thanks

Bill



Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 7, 2006, 5:21 am
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Does the machine where you are testing this have the same DNS domain
as the server on which the domain DFS root was defined?
Such prompting usually means that the origin machine is not being
recognized as being in the local zone (as defined in IE). Since the
direct share has no such issue but when accessed via a referral by
DFS it seems to indicate the server hosting the DFS root is the one
not seen as in the local zone.

> Hello,
>
> I have a test command script test.cmd which has one line in it. Echo Test.
> If I place this script on a Windows 2003 SP1 file server and access it the
> script executes with no warnings. Now I create a Domain DFS root and
> link to the same directory on the Windows 2003 SP1 file server. I then
> connect to the DFS Share and execute the script. This time a dialog comes
> up that askes if I really want to run the file.
>
> The DFS root is configured as a Domain DFS root. The domain controllers
> are Windows 2003 SP1 as well.
>
> Is there and explanation for this behavior? There seems to be a different
> policy being applied when files are accessed through the Domain DFS Root.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>



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