In news:%(E-Mail Removed),
Brett I. Holcomb <(E-Mail Removed)> stated, which I commented on
below:
> I am seeing some strange problems with my Windows 2003 servers. I am
> running a Windows XP workstation in a Novell environment - we use the
> novell login process. However, to get to my Windows servers which are
> running pure windows - no Novell software - I use the
> \\servername\sharename in explorer or run->start to get to them. My
> username is the same on the workstation as it is on the server but the
> passwords are different.
>
> I've been having problems - intermittant ones - where explorer would
> tell me it can't find or connect to the share and when I went to the
> server my account was locked out (I'm a member of Administrators). I
> see the same thing when I run SQL Enterprise Manager on my
> workstation and connect to a database server. With one server, call
> it X, I couldn't connect at all - explorer never found the share.
> However, if I connect with net use I could connect right away with no
> problems. Yesterday I decided to disable the local policy on the
> number of logins on server X and wala - I could connect.
>
> My question is - what is going on with windows? It appears to make
> enough tries to connect that it disables the account (6 tries in this
> case) before it even gives me a login dialog box where I can enter my
> username and password.
>
> I'd like to understand what is happening and see if there is a fix.
>
> Thanks.
Normally when supplying username and passwords in such a case, you would
normally need to supply either the machine or domain name. Since this is not
an AD domain, you would supply the machine name, such as:
machinename\username
password
What is probably happening it's authenticating against it's local account
'administrator' or whatever the duplicate username is being used and not the
workstation's logged on token.
How to prevent it? Synch up the passwords or eliminate the dupes.
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Ace
Innovative IT Concepts, Inc
Willow Grove, PA
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer
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