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by hanriky

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We encountered serious problem in startup up RAS service on a NT server for the last 4 days. It is running NT4 + SP6a and has been using a Equinox modem card for one year. Suddenly, RAS could not start with the system event id 20025. I checked Technet and get the following explanation but without a solution. Heard of a security agent? We did not install any new software lately.

For your info, we also done a test, which we took out the modem card and just reinstalled RAS with a direct attached modem to the server. But still the same event comes out. So it is not
because of a faulty modem card.

rgds/hanrik

EventID 20025
Event Desc on NT server
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Remote Access Service Security Failure. The security agent has rejected the RAS's request to start the service on this computer on LANA 0.

From Technet
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RAS EVENT ID: 20025
SYMBOL NAME : RASLOG_START_SERVICE_REJECTED
MESSAGE TEXT: Remote Access Server Security Failure. The security agent hasrejected the Remote Access server's request to start the service on this computer on LANA %1.
EXPLANATION : A remote access security agent is running on your local network.
USER ACTION : Contact your system administrator.

I checked with networkteam, they did not implement anything new lately.

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by j.a.lawrence

Did yo re-apply the NT service pack? When you check Services, is the RAS Svc starting up as SYSTEM, or is it using a USER's credentials? Try creating a local account, give it SYSTEM permissions, & use it to launch the RAS service

It almost soundslike the SID for the systme account is corrupted, but that would fubar all of the services...

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