Re: Access Data on a Domain Server Using Workgroup Access - How?

From: Slarty Bartfast (Slarty@Bartfast.com)
Date: 11/28/02 

From: "Slarty Bartfast" <Slarty@Bartfast.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:46:31 +1100

Hi Bill,

Thanks.
Where I was presented with the logon screen, I could only get in with the
local Admin username and password.
When I type domain\username and password with my PDC validation I get in! 

--
Thanks Again,
Slarty Bartfast
"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
news:uJeTeRolCHA.1356@tkmsftngp04...
> I'm not quite sure what your question is.
>
> You can "access data on a domain server" with an XP Home machine, which is
> incapable of joining the domain.
>
> You can also do the same with an XP Pro machine which hasn't joined the
> domain--I do this daily in both NT4 domains and Windows 2000 AD domains.
>
> Just present credentials which allow access to the specific resources you
> need access to.
>
> You can specify the domain name as part of the credentials in two ways:
>
> username@domainname (windows 2000 only)
> domainame\username (NT or Windows 2000)
>
> You can also do this at the command line level with the NET USE command.
>
>
>
> "Slarty Bartfast" <Slarty@Bartfast.com> wrote in message
> news:#1t9gvmlCHA.2116@tkmsftngp07...
> > I want to create a WORKGROUP that can access resources on the DOMAIN.
> >
> > When a Windows95/98 Workgroup client tries to access a Domain share, it
> > lets
> > me in using the Workgroup Username - using the same username and
password
> > for the Workgroup as on the Domain. (The Workgroup name is the same as
the
> > Domain name if that helps).
> >
> > When an NT or 2000 Workgroup client tries to access a Domain share, it
> > asks
> > for the Local Admin username and password, I'm not presented with the
> > logon
> > screen where you enter Domain username, password and Domain.
> >
> >
> > I saw this on a Web Site;
> > What he says works for Window95, but the Domain validation it asks for
> > with
> > NT4/2000 clients is only the 'local machine' validation, not the PDC
> > validation.
> >
> > http://prezentacije.www.yu/mann/books/NT4Server/ch14.htm#E70E18
> > "Even if a user logs onto a workstation that is set to only provide
> > workgroup-level validation, he still can access domain resources if he
has
> > a
> > valid domain name and password. If Ben Franklin had been a valid user to
> > the
> > PDC but the Windows 95 workstation he had been logging onto was set up
as
> > a
> > workgroup machine, he still would be granted access to domain resources
> > when
> > he attempted to access or view them. NT machines demand validation of a
> > workgroup user by a PDC using the current logon name and password from
the
> > workgroup machine. If the workgroup machine provides a valid user name
and
> > password (determined by the PDC), the user is granted permission to use
a
> > domain resource. This permission, however, is determined only at the
point
> > when the user attempts to access domain-controlled network resources. As
> > stated earlier, just logging onto a workgroup machine does not provide
> > network authorization at that point."
> >
> > Any suggestions please?
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> > Slarty Bartfast
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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