DCOM security problem

Might I add the the DCOM server is running as a service using SvComm.

What kind of OS are server and client ?(WinNT - PDC, BDC, SAS; Win2K, Win9x)?
ziolko.

Just a comment but if I were you I would make a simple DCOM server and client (not in a service) and see if you can connect to it. I say this because I think it is to do with system permissions in the NT service.

regards
Smurff

I actually just sorted it out!!

Im using WinNT4 and Win2k.

It seems that I must set the above settings on both the client AND server! The one with the highest security wins. So when setting the client also I connected with no problem!

kbb2 > yes if You use callbacks, if not I'm not sure
ziolko.

I don't use callbacks but I found two very interesting articles that gave me inspiration:

http://www.codeguru.com/activex/COMSecurity1.html
http://www.codeguru.com/activex/COMSecurity2.html

I guess that the question is closed then!

Just think some people gave up with DCOM 'cause they couldn't solve problems with security config :-)))
ziolko.

DCOM certainly is very good but can be frustrating sometimes... Very good to have expertsexchange in those cases.

I think if you login with the user his name is same with a domain user and password is the same on the client,it may be right.

No I tried that!! I dont' want any authentication so I switched it off on the server but I just didn't know that you also had to switch it off on the client to!

The hole point is that there are a firewall between them so the machine in front of the firewall can't see the PDC.

But I have no problem anymore!! I love DCOM... Dang nice thing!

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