Re: Access denied

From: Roland Hall (nobody_at_nowhere)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:29:43 -0600

"David Schwartz" wrote:'
: I've got a couple of Win 2K clients and I'm trying to access the files on
a
: WinXP Home peer. I can mount the volume and see the top directory
structure
: of the XP peer but when I try to open one of the directories on the XP
peer,
: I'm told that that directory is not accessible.
:
: There is an account on the XP machine for the user name under which I'm
: logged onto the Win2K machine as well as the reverse. Also, I can get from
: the XP machine to the Win2K machines without problem as well as from
either
: W2K machine to the other. The only issue is from the W2K machines
accessing
: the WXP.
:
: Any ideas why I can't get to the XP machine from the Win2K machines?

Access denied is your only error message and nothing in the log?
If the credentials are correct, is the firewall enabled?
Do you have any other FW or IDS blocking it? 

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Roland Hall
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