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RSOP-GPRESULT on remote machine
trying to run both gpresult from the command line and rsop from the mmc snapin. My problem is I get errors saying that it couldnt find the RPC server. I am trying to connect remotly to the machine.
Y:\>gpresult /s crp-office3-1 /user talkabout\misty /v >mistygp.txt
ERROR: The RPC server is unavailable.
Both RPC services are started on the machine. Any suggestions to get this working?
Y:\>gpresult /s crp-office3-1 /user talkabout\misty /v >mistygp.txt
ERROR: The RPC server is unavailable.
Both RPC services are started on the machine. Any suggestions to get this working?
Did you verify that there are no firewalls preventing the command?
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Im tryig to connect to PC's on my LAN right now
Is Windows Firewall or some other software firewall enabled on the systems in question?
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ya windows firewall is, I forgot about that one.
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So what ports need to be opened? I disabled the firewall on a machine and it works. I tried opening ports 135 TCP/UDP but that doesnt work.
Try port 593.
Disregard last comment. Looks like it might use random high ports. Might want to try using netstat while executing the command to see what ports.
Identifying the ports
1. Start the program and try to use its network features. For example, with a multimedia program, try to start an audio stream. With a Web server, try to start the service.
2. At a command prompt, type Netstat –ano > netstat.txt, and then press ENTER. This command creates the Netstat.txt file. This file lists all the listening ports.
3. At the command prompt, type Tasklist > tasklist.txt, and then press ENTER. If the program in question runs as a service, type Tasklist /svc > tasklist.txt instead of Tasklist > tasklist.txt so that the services that are loaded in each process are listed.
4. Open the Tasklist.txt file, and then locate the program that you are troubleshooting. Write down the Process Identifier for the process, and then open the Netstat.txt file. Note any entries that are associated with that Process Identifier and the protocol that is used.
If the port numbers for the process are less than 1024, the port numbers will probably not change. If the numbers that are used are greater than or equal to 1024, the program may use a range of ports. Therefore, you may not be able to resolve the issue by opening individual ports.
Identifying the ports
1. Start the program and try to use its network features. For example, with a multimedia program, try to start an audio stream. With a Web server, try to start the service.
2. At a command prompt, type Netstat –ano > netstat.txt, and then press ENTER. This command creates the Netstat.txt file. This file lists all the listening ports.
3. At the command prompt, type Tasklist > tasklist.txt, and then press ENTER. If the program in question runs as a service, type Tasklist /svc > tasklist.txt instead of Tasklist > tasklist.txt so that the services that are loaded in each process are listed.
4. Open the Tasklist.txt file, and then locate the program that you are troubleshooting. Write down the Process Identifier for the process, and then open the Netstat.txt file. Note any entries that are associated with that Process Identifier and the protocol that is used.
If the port numbers for the process are less than 1024, the port numbers will probably not change. If the numbers that are used are greater than or equal to 1024, the program may use a range of ports. Therefore, you may not be able to resolve the issue by opening individual ports.
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All I see is RpcSs uses PID 972 and port 135 TCP. I also see the locator(RPClocator) which was using PID 1800 but I dont see it listed when I do a netstat. I did enable the firewall logging and I see that it is changing the port number. I tried allowing the locator.exe as a program exception but that didnt work.
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Ok so all that needed to be done is set group policy to all remote administration, which in turn opens port 135, 445 and allows svchost and lsass to unsolicited incoming messages.
Im not sure why it said to open port 135 and allow program exception for unsecapp on the administrative computer.
Many thanks for your help!!
Im not sure why it said to open port 135 and allow program exception for unsecapp on the administrative computer.
Many thanks for your help!!
There is no entry for RSOP on the web page listed: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2maint.mspx
This page is about deploying Windows XP SP2 using SUS.
This page is about deploying Windows XP SP2 using SUS.
Keatscon, check out the section titled
"Administering Remote RSoP with the RSoP MMC snap-in" at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782615(WS.10).aspx
"Administering Remote RSoP with the RSoP MMC snap-in" at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782615(WS.10).aspx