Error Message: Failed to Enumerate Volumes in Dfs...

Last reviewed: January 28, 1998
Article ID: Q177509

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Distributed File System (Dfs) version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

When a user who is a member of the Server Administrators group attempts to manage the Dfs root using Dfs Administrator, the following error is displayed:

   Failed to enumerate volumes in Dfs \\<server>\<DFS root>

CAUSE

Only members of the Administrators group have the ability to modify the Dfs Root.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords          : kbbug4.00 ntdomain NTSrv
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug

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Last reviewed: January 28, 1998
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