Re: Login Difficulty with net time

From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:03:43 GMT

Chuck wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:35:01 GMT, "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote:
>
>
>>(I've resubmitted this with perhaps a more fitting title than "Time Synch with net
>>time--Cannot Access".)
>>W. Watson wrote:
>>I have two computers on my local network: astropc-W2000 and
>>solarblast-XP pro with SP2. They can ping each other. I can execute from
>>the cmd line on solarblast: net time \\astropc. It returns the time. If
>
>>from astropc I try net time solarblast, I get "cannot access".
>
>>solarblast has SP2 and the security features are off. If I go to
>>astropc, and try to access solarblast via Network Places, it wants to
>>know a user account ID and password. I enter: Administrator and wxyz,
>>where wxyz is the password. I sigon to the machine when I boot up. It
>>rejects the ID/password. What's going on?
>
>
> W.,
>
> Please clarify "I sigon to the machine when I boot up. It rejects the
> ID/password.". What machine are you signing on to? What error message do you
> get (please be precise)?
>
> Read about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
>
> On solarblast, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel - Folder
> Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro, you
> need to have SFS properly set on each computer. If you want to run "net time
> \\solarblast", you have to have administrative authority from astropc, which
> means disabling Simple File Sharing on solarblast.
>
> On solarblast with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control
> Panel - Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
> "Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
> local users authenticate as themselves".
>
> On solarblast with SFS disabled, setup and use a common non-Guest account on
> both computers, with an identical, non-blank password.
>
> On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
> Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
> on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
> network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this computer
> from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
>
> Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
> so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
> very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
>
Thanks for your response.

Yes, that is a bit ambiguous isn't it. What I meant to say is that I'm using the same
ID/pwd to sign onto solarblast during boot as when I try to go through Network Places
on astropc to get to the C-drive on solarblast. In other words, I think I'm
consistent in the ID and pwd in both places. There is no error message when I try to
login from astropc to solarblast. I just get rejected. If I execute net time
\\solarblast from astropc, I get "access is denied."

I only use the Administrator on both machines. I have three machines on my local
network, and I'm the only user. The passwords are identical. No other firewalls,
although at some point I may put McAfee back on.

I disabled SFS and net time and access to solarblast from astropc both work. I made
no changes to add any accounts. Administrator is my basic account, although I see
somewhere there's a Guest account (not used), and a personal account (not used). I'm
happy using just Administrator everywhere. However, I'm open to suggestions.

It looks as though the SP2 install changed things a bit. I used to be able to access
solarblast's hard drive directly from astropc and vice versa without getting a login. 

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