Can't log on from remote server?

[Hondy]

Hi

I have an odd problem, there are two servers, I want to connect from one to the other using the admin share using \\server\c$. I can connect from server B to A, but not A to B, it says the password is incorrect when going from B to A.

I have to go from A to B because I am trying to install a remote agent for backupexec but it won't connect, it asks for a password but acts as though the password is wrong. I know for sure that the password is correct as I can log via RDP using the same password.

Help?

Thanks

 

[TheLad]

It sounds like a rights issue. Have you confirmed the rights your account has on server B?

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[Hondy]

the account is the local administrator account so should have all the permissions it needs, I also created another account with admin rights and it does the same. The weird thing is that it works from B to A but not A to B.

 

[Hondy]

After much trawling the net I found this which fixes it...

*** These steps change default security settings of Windows Vista.
*** The result: your machine will be less secure by changing these settings.

- Click Start
- Click Control Panel
- Click System and Maintenance
- Click Administrative Tools
- Double-Click Local Security Policy
- In the left pane, click the triangle next to Local Policy
- In the left pane, click Security Options
- In the right pane near the bottom, double-click "Network security: LAN
manager authentication level"
- Click the drop-down box, and click "Send NTLM responses only"
- Click OK

 

[getndz]

Thank You but before I start the procedure....
-It is working with Win Server 2003 ?
- Wich server should be configured ?

Regards
getndz

 

[Hondy]

it is the server you can't attach to that needs to be configured. Compare the settings on both servers and you should find that one already has the setting on this post and the other maybe says NTLM2. And yes, I had this issue on a Win2K3 server.

Cheers

 

[getndz]

One is a member server and was configured, the second is a DC and not configured.
I've configured the Network security but from DC to the member server I still cannot "see" the shares of the memeber (\\Memeber\share from DC )

 

[Hondy]

So your member server is configured to allow LM/NTLM?

 

[getndz]

Yes
"Network security: LAN manager authentication level" =
"Send NTLM responses only"