Accessing a machine via UNC path

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Hi guys,

I am having an issue accessing a machine on the server by typing the UNC
path \\servera i get a NT challenge prompt. Although i have set the
permissions right i get the prompt..why ?
i have checked all permissions and they appear to be right.

When a user types in the servera's IP adress eg. \\172.16.21.20
They get acess to the server without the prompt, which is how it should work

Any ideas why this is happening? seems to be a DNS issue but not sure what
is causing the problem


Thanks in advance!
 
I am having an issue accessing a machine on the server by typing the UNC
path \\servera i get a NT challenge prompt. Although i have set the
permissions right i get the prompt..why ?
i have checked all permissions and they appear to be right.

When a user types in the servera's IP adress eg. \\172.16.21.20
They get acess to the server without the prompt, which is how it should
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work

Have you checked (with Ping and NSLookup) to determine that
both are pointing to the same machine?

servera == 172.16.21.20

With the default FQDN of the client too.

\\servera.domain.com etc.

It is also possible with the short-NoDot name that NetBIOS resolution
is giving a different answer than NSLookup.

It is even possible that the name is going through another protocol
were you to have NetBEUI or NWlink installed.
 
As mentioned by previous posts, verify that the name is resolving to the correct IP address. If not, verify that the client has the correct DNS suffix.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support

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