Re: Cached Account unable to access shared folder when DC unavailable

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From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 04/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 03:43:23 -0600

That's the correct behavior. Cached credentials are
designed to allow a user to continue to use their own
machine (laptop) while disconnected from the domain,
but not (necessarily) to reach other DOMAIN resources.

"Stan" <stanwalters@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9a4a871d.0404022006.6caa2244@posting.google.com...
> I've got a remote office with 5 XP workstations that are unable to
> access a shared folder on their local server when the WAN link to the
> home office is down and they can't "see" the Domain Controller. Are
> there required registry modifications or settings required in the AD
> in order to allow this to happen? I thought this was the default
> behavior and the purpose behind cached logins (if you can't access any
> resources what's the point of caching the login?)

 Nope. The purpose is to let traveling users still logon to the
machine with their domain account.

Remember this:
"Access to domain resources requires domain authentication." 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
> thanks,
> Stan