Incorrect Report on Disk Free Space Under Dfs

ID: Q177127

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

The Disk Free Space reported in Windows Explorer or in a Command Prompt on a Distributed File System (Dfs) client for a Dfs share is always the Disk Free Space of the drive containing (hosting) the Dfs root.


MORE INFORMATION

To reproduce this behavior:

  1. Host a Dfs root on a Windows NT Server (Dfs 4.0/4.1).


  2. Create a volume that references a remote server.


  3. From a Dfs-aware client, map a drive to the Dfs volume created in step two.


  4. Check the properties of the mapped drive.


  5. The amount of disk free space reported is for the drive on the server hosting the Dfs root, not the remote server's drive to which the connection was actually made.


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.

Additional query words:

Keywords : ntdomain
Version : WinNT:4.0,4.01;Windows:95
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: September 23, 1999
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