UNC access failure: Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect

Hi,

We can access the file server in our office through its ip address, but
we cannot access it through UNC like \\oakfileserver.

The error message says:

[snip]
Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect

The system log shows:

<sys_log>
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: DnsApi
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11166
Date: 9/13/2005
Time: 11:18:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: OAKFILESERVER
Description:
The system failed to register host (A) resource records (RRs) for
network adapter with settings:

Adapter Name : {22A28368-6B95-47F7-86C6-70AD401F9E5D}
Host Name : oakfileserver
Primary Domain Suffix : some.domain.name.com
DNS server list :
1.2.3.4, 1.2.3.5
Sent update to server : 1.2.3.6
IP Address(es) :
2.3.4.5

The reason the system could not register these RRs was because of a
security related problem. The cause of this could be (a) your computer
does not have permissions to register and update the specific DNS
domain name set for this adapter, or (b) there might have been a
problem negotiating valid credentials with the DNS server during the
processing of the update request.

You can manually retry DNS registration of the network adapter and its
settings by typing "ipconfig /registerdns" at the command prompt. If
problems still persist, contact your DNS server or network systems
administrator. For specific error code, see the record data displayed
below.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data: 0000: 38 23 00 00 8#..
</sys_log>

We have tried "ipconfig /registerdns", but it did not help.

Would any guru please kindly advise us? Thanks a lot!

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: computer browser service wont start
    ... I've noticed that dnsApi is sometimes one of the things that starts early before everything it needs is actually working, e.g. the TCP/IP and network stack. ... In the situations I've seen the Event Log entry from dnsApi that you report, the computer did successfully register itself later. ... This assumes that the targetted DNS server can accept Dynamic registrations and the computer doing the dynamic registration is permitted to do so. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
  • Re: Cannot get access to router on SBS server
    ... point the DNS server setting to the IP of the SBS ... calling CNetCommit::ValidateFulltimeConnectionProperties. ... Call to Reading web publishing selection returned ok. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Herb Martin...Global Catalog SRV record missing!
    ... Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: ... DNS server: 128.63.2.53 ... PTR record query for the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
  • [UNIX] Hardening the BIND DNS Server
    ... Hardening the BIND DNS Server ... Your Domain Name Service is the road sign to your systems on the Internet. ...
    (Securiteam)
  • Re: NTDS Inbound neighbos removal
    ... There is no primary WINS server defined for this adapter. ... There is no secondary WINS server defined for this adapter. ... PASS - All the DNS entries for DC are registered on DNS server ... Upper Component: NWLink SPX/SPXII Protocol ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
Loading