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by alquinones

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My client has had NT Server 4 sp5 for quite some time now with very little problems. Just a few months they needed to have a few of their people use dial-up networking to access the server. Well this has been a total disaster. No one is able to have access to the files they need due to a password that is required by the server to access the folders on the server. I have tried various different setting with no luck.
Everyone I have talked too says that RAS is easy and simple. Well I need help, big time.
All of the users (remote) have Win95 with all current updates installed.

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by ntoz

It sounds like when your clients are using RAS, they are not getting authenticated. RAS should appear to the client just as they are on the network. They are being prompted for passwords because they are not authenticated. Drop me an email if you would like and I will try and help you along.

Pete

by magetower

If the folks are using their home PCs to make the connection then your problem lies with the authentication method in use on their home systems. They need to be using the Client for Microsoft Networks to access the domain. By default most home 95 clients are just using the Windows Logon client.

The reason they cannot access the server with their current setup is that they are probably using an entirely different logon ID on their home system. If the loginID and the password do not match an existing account on the server/domain then they are asked for the password when attaching to a share. Since (unlike NT) you cannot specify a userID/password combo to use when accessing the share you have to change the loginID used in the 95 system to match.

Hope this helps

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