Re: DNS problem?

Joe Williams <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have just taken over a network and am trying to figure out what is
> going on.
>
> On one server I have a drive mapped to \\fileserver\sys. When I click
> on the drive I am prompted for a username and password. Anything I
> enter is rejected for incorrect username/password
>
> I have no idea where the machine is located to try and see what the
> issue is, and when I ping \\fileserver I get HOST NOT FOUND. I also
> do not see the server in DNS.
>
> So, my question is, if DNS does not see it and I cannot ping it, what
> exactly is asking for my username and password when I click ont he
> mapped drive??

If you click on the mapped drive and it asks for a password, then the logged
on user does not have "access this computer from the network" rights in the
local policy for the logged on user at the client trying to access the
server.
If the file server is not a member of a domain, you will need to create
local user accounts with the same name and password for each user accessing
it.

Did you actually use ping \\fileserver?
Try ping fileserver
If the file server has a firewall enabled blocking ICMP packets you won't be
able to ping it.



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