Re: Access denied to computer in network neighborhood

From: hugo (hugo@geoinformex.com)
Date: 02/11/03 

Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:24:27 +0800
From: hugo <hugo@geoinformex.com>

Hi Michael

Thanks for your advice. However, the computer in question and others
are not in a domain, but merely in a simple workgroup. I had a look at
your solution, but the command as wel as the article you refer to seem
applicable only when you are in a windows domain.

Would you know what the solution could be when a computer cannot be
accessed in a workgroup?

Thanks

Hugo

Michael Giorgio - MS MVP wrote:
> Yes check the permissions on the local machine by
> opening user manager with a focus towards the machine
> name you can click on start / run usrmgr \\machinename
> from any server with domain admin privileges to open it
> remotely. Once there check the "access this computer
> from the network" permission. If that looks good then
> I would reset hugos domain secure channel:
>
> Resetting Domain Member Secure Channel
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;175024
>
> If that fails open user manager with a focus towards the
> machine name again and enable auditing for logon/logoffs
> success and failure then check the security log locally on
> the machine to see why access is being denied.
>
>
> "hugo" <hugo@geoinformex.com> wrote in message
>
>>I have this very strange problem where, no matter what I try, I cannot
>>access a particular computer in the network neighborhood. The computer
>>is called "hugo" and so when I try to access this computer (which has
>>several shares) I get the error message:
>>
>>\\hugo is not accessible. You might not have permissions to use this
>>network resource. Access is denied.
>>
>>However, from the computer "hugo" itself I can go to the network
>>neighborhood and access its own shares from there. Only none of the
>>other machines can.
>>
>>The other machines however CAN map \\hugo\archive (archive is a shared
>>folder) and this works i.e. they can get to the share when they
>
> actively
>
>>map the computer hugo to a drive letter. It's just that when browsing
>>the network neighborhood, they get the above "Access denied" message
>>when clicking on the computer icon.
>>
>>On the machine "hugo" I have made sure that I have ticked the box
>>"Enable NetBios over TCP/IP" in network setup, and I also made sure
>
> that
>
>>the services "Computer Browser" and "Server" are running. I also made
>>sure that in Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), "File and print sharing for
>>Microsoft Networks" is enabled (box ticked).
>>
>>The setup for the network neighborhood is a workgroup, and the master
>>browser is actually an Irix machine which uses samba to enable it to
>
> be
>
>>the master browser. Normally therefore I put machines in the
>>/etc/netgroup file and this works OK. Computers on the network then
>>specify this Irix machine as their WINS server. I do not think it has
>>anything to do with the master browser setup as all other machines
>
> work
>
>>fine. My guess is it has something to do with permissions on the
>>computer "hugo" itself, but I have exhausted the microsoft knowledge
>>base cannot find anything about this on the web in general.
>>
>>Can anyone help? Any suggestions or possible solutions will be most
>>appreciated.
>
>
>
>

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