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Accessing server from another domain

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by chandras

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I have hit a glitch. Under NT4 I was able to map to another domain and server as another user without any porblems.
But under win2k Im unable to do that. I ype in \\server\share$, in different user diaolg box, I provide - domain\user & password.
Comes up "the network...path not found"
Is this a bug or is there a workaround

Thanks

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by rob.wilcox1

How is this machine configured with regards to WINS and DNS? The \\server\share$ will be doing a WINS lookup, so if this box isn't configured for WINS it won't work.

You can try \\ipaddress\share$, that should work provided you can ping the remote machine.

Thanks

Rob W

by tschmuki

This sounds more like a problem with the name resultion. Can you ping the server by IP address and NetBIOS name - assuming you are running TCP/IP.
If that works out, try to connect to the server with the net command: e.g.
net.exe use T: \\servername\share /user:domain\username
you also can try to use the servers IP address instead of the servername - this allows you to connect without NetBIOS name resultion.

by jmstitt

You might try setting up a trust for the other domain. You set it up in AD under domains and trust snap-in. Use a user that has administrator priviledges in both domains. You could enable a single trust, but I would initialize it in both directions. This will allow users to authenticate and use resources in either domain. Remember, must initialize the trust with a user that has administrator priviledges in both domains

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