Re: SMB Issue with new server?

From: Steven Umbach (n9rou_at_n0spam-comcast.net)
Date: 10/14/05

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    It certainly could be a SMB issue. Windows 2003 requires SMB signing by default
    while Windows 2000 did not. Open Local Security Policy via secpol.msc and find
    the security option for Microsoft network server:digitally sign
    communications(always) and configure it to be DISABLED to see if that
    lps. --- Steve

    "Randall C." <Randall C.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:0686B273-B491-47FA-AF77-796CE3BAFD66@microsoft.com...
    > We have just moved a server from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003. These
    > are two physical machines. They are running terminal services with Citrix
    > MetraFrame XP. Through this server, the Citrix connections need to map a
    > drive to a Solaris box. On the old CTX1 (Win2000) server, the users were able
    > to do that. On the new CITRIX (Server 20003) machine, they cannot. They get a
    > message that says
    > "\\SOLARIS is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
    > network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
    > have access permissions. The remote procedure call failed and did not
    > execute."
    >
    > Is this something related to SMB setup or configuration? In a published
    > application connection, a user can click on file, open and browse to the
    > server by typing \\solaris\subfolder and login. But Browsing through network
    > neighborhood does not work.
    >
    > The root problem is that there is a published application that was simply a
    > net use command to map a network drive to that solaris server. That was
    > working on CTX1 but not on the new CITRIX server. Any help is appreciated.

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