Re: Computer Management - connecting to another computer

Thanks Anthony,

I wish I understood why it doesn’t allow you to login after you were just
connected. If I close Computer Management down and try to open it up again
it should let me log in or remember that I was logged in. It’s seems like it
caches the user ID and not the password from the previous session. If it
lets you login once it should allow you to login again.

Maybe I am going about this the wrong way. Question, How can I allow the
Help Desk to manage user Id and passwords on a server in the DMZ?

I wish I could allow them to RDP but it’s not an option. The Help Desk is
the enemy and cannot be trusted.

Thanks
RW


"Anthony" wrote:

There isn't an easy answer to this. The MS mmc is designed to give you wide
ranging access across a domain or forest. It is not designed to prompt you
to enter credentials. The best method is simply to RDP to the server. A more
complex method if you have lots of servers in a DMZ is to have a DMZ domain
trust the LAN domain.
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.co.uk




"Rob" <Rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Question

I have a need for our help desk to manage users and passwords on a server
in
the DMZ. I have setup an local account on the server with the proper
authority that allows them to do their task. They can go to Computer
management and select Actions - Connect to another Computer it ask for a
user
name and password which is great that how I want it to work.

The problem I have is when they go back to open up Computer Management and
select Actions - Connect to another Computer it doesn't ask them for the
login ID and password and it also doesn't allow them to access any of the
Computer Management tools for that server. If I map a drive on their PC to
the server in the DMZ using the account I created the computer Management
tool will work. I really don't want them to map any drives to the server.
Why
will it not ask for the username and pasword after they have closed the
computer management and try to go back in at a later time. The error is
"Unable to connect to the computer ZYX The error was: Access is denied"

any suggestions
Thanks




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