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by rsears

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I have a BDC that was connected my WAN on one subnet then moved it to a different segment changing the subnet now I get the following error in the event log on the PDC when the BDC tries to authenticate. I can ping and tracert the machine by name orIP so I?m not sure what is going on. Help. Following is the message as it appears in the event log.

"The session setup from the computer SERVERX failed to authenticate. The name of the account referenced in the security database is SERVERX$. The following error occurred:
Access is denied."

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by wpatrey

Have you tried synchronizing the network? You can force a synchronization from the server manager. It may fix the problem but it should also give you more information if it fails.

by toddjd

Remove the computer account in the server manager on the PDC, and recreate it. Then change the name of BDC to reset its record of its computer account. Reboot the BDC for the change to take affect, it should authenticate now. I've had similar problems with workstations, reseting the computer account always works, but you have to do it at both ends.

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