Re: Remote site loses access to member server when WAN goes down
From: David Schrag (david-no-spam_at_schrag.net)
Date: 08/14/04
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:42:30 -0400
D'oh! Thanks for the response!
"Frank McCallister" <anonymous> wrote in message
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> Hi David
>
> "I can't make the remote member server a backup domain controller in an
SBS
> environment, right?" Wrong you can have a BDC in a SBS network.
>
> Frank McCallister
> COMPUMAC
> "David Schrag" <david-no-spam@schrag.net> wrote in message
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> >I have a main office running SBS03 and a remote office with a Windows
2003
> > member server. They are connected with a VPN between two hardware
> > firewalls.
> > Yesterday the VPN went down because of a phone line failure and everyone
> > in
> > the remote office lost access to the local member server. When they
tried
> > to
> > access a share on the server, there was a long delay followed by a
> > password
> > prompt. If they put in their own password, they got a message to the
> > effect
> > of "I tried that one already and there's no domain controller to
validate
> > your password; try again." It also failed if they tried to put in a
> > different user's password. As soon as the VPN was restored, everything
> > started working fine again.
> >
> > Fortunately this is the first time the VPN has failed in the few months
> > since this whole thing was set up, but surely it will happen again
> > someday.
> > I did not realize that cutting off access to the domain controller would
> > mess up access to the member server like this. I guess I just assumed
that
> > since users could still log into their computers using cached
credentials
> > when connection to the domain controller was lost, that they'd still
have
> > access to the member server as well.
> >
> > So what do I do to prepare for the next VPN outage? I can't make the
> > remote
> > member server a backup domain controller in an SBS environment, right?
Is
> > there anything else I can do to make that server grant access to the
> > remote
> > office's users?
> >
> > Here's something I tried. If I logged into a remote office computer as
the
> > local administrator, I was able to gain access to the member server's
> > shares
> > by drilling through My Network Places, Entire Network, etc. -- but only
if
> > I
> > supplied the domain administrator's user name and password when
prompted.
> > Regular users were denied access. I was thinking that I could create a
> > local
> > user account on each PC and tell them to log in locally if the VPN
failed.
> > But obviously I don't want them all logging in as the domain admin when
> > they
> > want access to their files.
> >
> > Any thoughts? I'd hate to go back to the client and say "guess what ...
> > looks like SBS was the wrong product for you!"
> >
> >
>
>
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