Re: Remote viewing event log.

From: Harini Raghavan \(MSFT\) (harinir_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/30/03 

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:04:27 -0700

To perform this operation (from the event vwr help notes)
a.. To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators
group, or have been delegated the appropriate authority, on the target
computer. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain
Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best
practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

So if you are trying to access the eventvwr of a server from a workstation,
I would suggest first
(if the server belongs to a domain)
net use \\servername /u:domain\administrator *
(enter pwd on the prompt)
(if server is a standalone server)
net use \\servername /u:servername\administrator *
(enter pwd on the prompt)
and then if you connect to Another computer option it will work out

You will need the appropriate admin credentials (or equivalent to admin) to
accomplish this though

Hope it helps

-Harini 

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"Sam Santiago" <ssantiago@n0spam-SoftITechture.com> wrote in message
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> What permissions do you need to view the event log remotely?  I have an
XP
> workstation where I launch the Event Viewer.  I select the Action, Connect
> to Another Computer option.  I enter the name of the server and receive an
> Access denied error.  I would not have to log into the server in order to
> view the log.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
>
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