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Prompting for Credentials for Server 2008 File Shares
I have a Windows Server 2008 domain. I have a Windows Server 2008 machine sharing files to users in the domain.
If I go off network, to my home PC for example (Vista), VPN into our company network, and attempt to connect to these file shares using fully qualified paths, I am not prompted for user name or password (credentials). I can see the shared folders but attempting to open them gives me access denied.
This behavior is also occurring with my user's home XP machines.
What setting(s) do I need to change to make any non-domain machine be prompted for credentials? And are all the setting(s) I need server side setting(s)?
If I go off network, to my home PC for example (Vista), VPN into our company network, and attempt to connect to these file shares using fully qualified paths, I am not prompted for user name or password (credentials). I can see the shared folders but attempting to open them gives me access denied.
This behavior is also occurring with my user's home XP machines.
What setting(s) do I need to change to make any non-domain machine be prompted for credentials? And are all the setting(s) I need server side setting(s)?
What permissions do you have on the shares/folder?
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Lets take an example folder named Information. It is shared as \\Division\Information
The share permissions are
IT (PROPRACTICE\IT) - Full Control
ProPractice Users (PROPRACTICE\ProPractice Users) - Full Control
Domain Admins (PROPRACTICE\Domain Admins) - Full Control
Administrators (PROPRACTICE\Administrator
We just transferred from Server 2003, and these things worked. We did not upgrade the server install, we installed anew. I have previously removed Everyone because that allowed unfettered access to the outside world.
The share permissions are
IT (PROPRACTICE\IT) - Full Control
ProPractice Users (PROPRACTICE\ProPractice Users) - Full Control
Domain Admins (PROPRACTICE\Domain Admins) - Full Control
Administrators (PROPRACTICE\Administrator
We just transferred from Server 2003, and these things worked. We did not upgrade the server install, we installed anew. I have previously removed Everyone because that allowed unfettered access to the outside world.
Try disabling UAC on 2008 box
ASKER
Still does not ask for me user name and password when I \\networksharename to it over VPN.
ASKER
We can leave the VPN out of this; mine is one of multiple domains at this institution, and it doesn't prompt me for UN/PW if I am not part of a domain. If I am part of another domain here, it does prompt me.
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Disabling the domain guest account did it.