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can't authenticate via admin account
Posted by Evan on October 19th, 2005


man, i done tried everything to fix this to no avail. here's the scoop...

i administer 3 small, non-trusted domains. one is w2k3 with dns. one is w2k3
withOUT dns. one is w2k without dns. i then have a small handful of
non-domained users. this is where my story takes place. in the past, i have
had some troubles with remote management of non-domained, wxp boxes. but, i
seem to have figured that out (turn off simple file sharing, if
you're wondering). however, i have a new user with a new wxpsp2 box that is
just befuddling me. i CAN log in locally with the local admin account. but
any attempt to manage this box remotely using the local admin for
authentication fails.

for example: from a w2k3 box where i'm logged in as a domain admin, i open regedit and select
'connect network registry.' i then get challenged for authentication
(something that doesn't happen on my other non-domained boxes). when i enter
the client's local admin and password, i get this (http://www.cheshirecousin.com/shmeg/from2003.jpg) dialog. when i try the same thing from my wxp pc, where i am not logged in as a domain admin, i get this (http://www.cheshirecousin.com/shmeg/fromxp.jpg) dialog.

i have reset the password. but, like i said earlier, i CAN log on locally to
the client box with that admin account.

so, i double-checked the firewall. it's disabled. but, to be sure, i
enabled, ticked 'allow remote' and then re-disabled. i disabled simple file
sharing. i ran scandisk. i ran sfc. i un/reinstalled the network adaptor. i set up a second admin account. i gave the user admin rights. nothing. zip. zilch. nada.

so, to recap: i have a wxpsp2 box that i can log in to locally with the built-in admin account, but i cannot use ANY local admin accounts on that box for authentication when managing remotely.

whew!

so...anyone?

thx,

evan




Posted by Evan on October 19th, 2005


oops. that first link should read:

http://www.cheshirecousin.com/shmeg/from2003.jpg
"Evan" <eurkofsky@mednet.ucal.edu> wrote in message news:OCaL0VQ1FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
man, i done tried everything to fix this to no avail. here's the scoop...

i administer 3 small, non-trusted domains. one is w2k3 with dns. one is w2k3
withOUT dns. one is w2k without dns. i then have a small handful of
non-domained users. this is where my story takes place. in the past, i have
had some troubles with remote management of non-domained, wxp boxes. but, i
seem to have figured that out (turn off simple file sharing, if
you're wondering). however, i have a new user with a new wxpsp2 box that is
just befuddling me. i CAN log in locally with the local admin account. but
any attempt to manage this box remotely using the local admin for
authentication fails.

for example: from a w2k3 box where i'm logged in as a domain admin, i open regedit and select
'connect network registry.' i then get challenged for authentication
(something that doesn't happen on my other non-domained boxes). when i enter
the client's local admin and password, i get this (http://www.cheshirecousin.com/shmeg/from2003.jpg) dialog. when i try the same thing from my wxp pc, where i am not logged in as a domain admin, i get this (http://www.cheshirecousin.com/shmeg/fromxp.jpg) dialog.

i have reset the password. but, like i said earlier, i CAN log on locally to
the client box with that admin account.

so, i double-checked the firewall. it's disabled. but, to be sure, i
enabled, ticked 'allow remote' and then re-disabled. i disabled simple file
sharing. i ran scandisk. i ran sfc. i un/reinstalled the network adaptor. i set up a second admin account. i gave the user admin rights. nothing. zip. zilch. nada.

so, to recap: i have a wxpsp2 box that i can log in to locally with the built-in admin account, but i cannot use ANY local admin accounts on that box for authentication when managing remotely.

whew!

so...anyone?

thx,

evan





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