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by rezuma 1 view

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I am using a network hard drive as a redundance system for a file server (file01). If the file server goes down i will change the name or/and IP address in the network hard drive (iomega) and user will be able to grab the files.
The client is using windows XP pro and the funny things is, i am able to access the new file server via IP address \\10.55.253.51, but if i try to access via \\file01 it does not allow me to access saying that the account is not authorized to log in from this station.
I am able to access \\file01 if i log in to the local computer instead of the domain.
I am also able to see the files from a linux server.

I know this is a problem of authentication but do someone knows how to fix it?

Thanks

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by rezuma

I am not ruuning windows firewall in the client.
It is a problem with authenticating, nothing to do with firewalls.
:D

by rezuma

I am not ruuning windows firewall in the client.
It is a problem with authenticating, nothing to do with firewalls.
:D

by dryflies

you need to give the domain user the appropriate permissions to use the network disk.
make sure when you give permissions that you include the domain name.
mydomain\myuser as opposed to myuser.

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