Re: No authority could be contacted for authentication

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:41:03 +0200

Hi Jay,

Can you check two thing:
* DNS configuration (Under TCP/IP settings) of your web server and see that
it points to your AD DNS (probably your AD server). If it points to e.g.
your ISP DNS change it so that it points to your AD DNS. If it is already
set to point to AD DNS can it actually communicate with DNS server? Run
nslookup command to see if it can resolve computer names.

* Are there any firewalls or other filters between your web server and AD
server?

Mike

"Jay" <jshah@qualisci.com> wrote in message
news:e5asyqSiEHA.3996@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I am having some kind of security problem which I don't understand. I
have
> Windows 2003/iis6 as my web server which is hosting web application
> configured for integrated authentication (NT Authentication). My Domain is
> set on other Win2k server box with Active Directory and I am using fixed
IP
> address to access my web application hosted on windows 2003 box.
>
> I am facing several problems:
> 1) If I start 2003 box (webserver) and just leave it without logging in.
> Nobody can access web application from their respective PC's on LAN.
Browser
> is asking for username/password again and again and not logging in.
>
> 2) If I login on 2003 box using my domain account. only I can access web
> application. Other valid domain users are getting "No authority could be
> contacted for authentication." error.
>
> 3) I always see following Error in 2003 box "Application Log" in event
> viewer.
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1054
> Date: 8/20/2004
> Time: 11:00:25 AM
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Computer: Computer1
> Description:
> Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer
network.
> (The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. ).
> Group Policy processing aborted.
>
> Though domain is up and running and I can access this box over the network
> (LAN) from other boxes available in network.
>
> I would really appreciate any help
>
> Thanks Jay
>
>
>
>
>

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