Re: Viewing event logs in a remote domain

Yes.

If we go "\\servername\share" or "\\servername\c$" (for example) we can
connect to the domain if we provide a valid domain username and password.



"Dave Shaw [MVP]" wrote:

> Are you able to login to the remote domain in question with an account from
> that domain, on that workstation?
>
> -ds
>
>
> "SuperPlay" <SuperPlay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E24FEF78-D510-4A20-86D0-BB817D2F9E71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > We currently have a single PC in a workgroup that we use as one of our
> > administrative workstations where we administrate multiple domains from.
> >
> > The problem we're having is with Event Viewer within mmc. Ideally we'd
> > like
> > to be able to view remote domain server's event logs from this workgroup
> > station, but whenever we try we get an "Unable to connect to the computer
> > <servername>" message.
> >
> > We've also tried creating a custom mmc and using "Run As..." but then we
> > get
> > the
> > message "Logon fialure: unknown user name or bad password." even though
> > the
> > credentials are correct.
> >
> > Is there some way (or somewhere) we can get the remote domain to recognize
> > the workgroup station as having administrative priviledges over the event
> > logs without adding the station to the domain?
> >
> >
>
>
>
.

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