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by myteinfo

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I am using win98, VPN is already connected to
my RAS server running on BDC with NT 4.0 & SP6a. I tried to map a network drive to the database server which is a member server on
the same domain, same subnet. Other NT client has no problem to map tothe same
server.

The problem I have:

1. tried from Neighborhood,
\\\d$
D=server drive where the application stored
I was asked a password without asking user ID
I enter my a password which is a domain administrator account. error came back as:
invalid password. I use the same password mapping to another member server without problem and NT clients use same way and it
connected the d$ drive without any problem.

2. I tried another way using net use statement on command prompt. It did not work.

?why w98 does not ask user ID and what ID
does it use when it only ask password?

Does anyone have any idea about this issue?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

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by nettek

When connecting to an NT RAS server from a Win9x client, the local Windows username and password (that which is stored as a PWL file) must match the username and password of the domain. The Windows username and password should be entered at startup, prior to connecting to the RAS server.

by john.j.shelton

Is this a first time RAS for this machine or more than one port to access in?? Can you RAS into your BDC with a proper login and password??? Is the modem your using a compatabile for NT??? Both the PDC and BDC intereact by checking for logins if your PDC dosen't have you then the odds are the BDC dosen't either. Did you set up PPTP on your system?? Did you enable the RAS logging??? The logs will tell you something of the conditions your up against. Are you dialing in as PPP?? Get back to me andwe'll see what else needs to be looked at or changed or setup.

by myteinfo

VPN login from NT client is fine. W98 from my home is fine. The only problem is from my customer. VPN connected to my RAS server with same account that NT client is using. My customer could not map the my network share where he can access to my resources. He come in from internet with Win98 running Microsoft VPN.

How can I check the logs you refer to above?

Thanks so much for your respond.

by john.j.shelton

To enable loggin you'll have to go into the registry. The various logs written as text files.
to look at the PPP connections go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\PPP key, change the value of logging from 0 to 1. fora log of Modems use following HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\Parameters key, change the value of logging from 0 to 1.
You also have a Dial-Up Networking Monitor application you can use in the control panel when you installed RAS.

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