Domain Account Credentials to a Workgroup Process (Vista Business)

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The setup:

Laptop: Vista Business, in a WORKGROUP, and logging in with an account with
administrative privledges.

Server: 2003 AD Server, in a domain, i.e. "PSM"


I want to run a local service on Vista machine using a domain account.

Tried:

1) Putting in domain creds (PSM\account1) in "log on" tab in service
properties. This fails with a "The account name is invalid or does not
exist..." error.

2) Browsing a different "Location" from the same tab. I can't browse
anything other than the local machine... PSM doesn't even show up, even
though we're on the same subnet and I can browse computer names and shares.

3) Tried tossing the domain account into the local admins group. Once
again, I can't browse anything other than the local machine.


No, I can't really try to trick the auth providers by using the same account
name and same workgroup name as my server accounts.

"What are you trying to do?"

Okay: I need to connect multiple non-domain laptops to a file server share,
using a single AD account that is hidden from the local user. I need the
interaction between laptop and server to happen, regardless of the physical
network.

I'm completely bald now, from pulling out all my hair...

-JW
 
Jack Wishbone said:
The setup:

Laptop: Vista Business, in a WORKGROUP, and logging in with an account
with administrative privledges.

Server: 2003 AD Server, in a domain, i.e. "PSM"


I want to run a local service on Vista machine using a domain account.

Tried:

1) Putting in domain creds (PSM\account1) in "log on" tab in service
properties. This fails with a "The account name is invalid or does not
exist..." error.

2) Browsing a different "Location" from the same tab. I can't browse
anything other than the local machine... PSM doesn't even show up, even
though we're on the same subnet and I can browse computer names and
shares.

3) Tried tossing the domain account into the local admins group. Once
again, I can't browse anything other than the local machine.


No, I can't really try to trick the auth providers by using the same
account name and same workgroup name as my server accounts.

"What are you trying to do?"

Okay: I need to connect multiple non-domain laptops to a file server
share, using a single AD account that is hidden from the local user. I
need the interaction between laptop and server to happen, regardless of
the physical network.

I'm completely bald now, from pulling out all my hair...

-JW
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Is the laptop actually configured correctly to be able to locate domain
controllers for authentication request etc? Such as via WINS or DNS entries
enabling it to locate a DC in the domain you are specifying to authenticate
the account you wish to use as the service account?
 
Mike Brannigan said:
Is the laptop actually configured correctly to be able to locate domain
controllers for authentication request etc? Such as via WINS or DNS
entries enabling it to locate a DC in the domain you are specifying to
authenticate the account you wish to use as the service account?
Click to expand...

Yes, I can manually log in to the file server share using Start -> Run ->
UNC path...
 
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