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Connecting to a server OUTSIDE the user's domain
Situation: I have a number of clients who are on different subnets/domains
who need a resource in my subnet/domain. (Ex: The server is in the 128.82.174 subnet; the users are in the 128.82.224 subnet, and they authenticate to a different domain.) These users all have login accounts prepared on my server. What I want to do for these clients is map them a drive letter to a network share on my server, but I'm having difficulty setting up the connection. I've tried to set up the server as a trusted site via Internet Explorer, but when I go to map the drive, I get an error that says the path cannot be found. The users are able to ping the server. Suggestions? |
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Connecting to a server OUTSIDE the user's domain
Chris Benton wrote:
Situation: I have a number of clients who are on different subnets/domains who need a resource in my subnet/domain. (Ex: The server is in the 128.82.174 subnet; the users are in the 128.82.224 subnet, and they authenticate to a different domain.) These users all have login accounts prepared on my server. What I want to do for these clients is map them a drive letter to a network share on my server, but I'm having difficulty setting up the connection. I've tried to set up the server as a trusted site via Internet Explorer, but when I go to map the drive, I get an error that says the path cannot be found. The users are able to ping the server. Suggestions? This isn't something you'd do in IE - and the subnets have nothing to do with it. The issue is, how are they connected (rather, what separates them). Make sure they can ping your server by name. If you don't want to set up trusts, but just want the occasional user on domain A to access a shared resource on domain B, then I'd setup a little batch file for them to put on their desktops...something like this. net use x: \\server\sharename /user:OTHERDOMAIN\username /persistent:no They'll be prompted for their password on OTHERDOMAIN when they try to connect. I *think* you can put the /persistent:no switch at the end of the /user switch.... if it doesn't work, reverse them. This switch is important to use or their computers will constantly try to connect to the drive even when they don't want to, and will nag for passwords. |
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Connecting to a server OUTSIDE the user's domain
Please clarify if OTHERDOMAIN is Domain A, or Domain B.
Thanks. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" hoo.com wrote net use x: \\server\sharename /user:OTHERDOMAIN\username /persistent:no |
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Connecting to a server OUTSIDE the user's domain
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
net use x: \\server\sharename /user:OTHERDOMAIN\username /persistent:no John B wrote: Please clarify if OTHERDOMAIN is Domain A, or Domain B. Thanks. .... Your user logs into their computer. It does not matter if they logon to a domain or local. It doesn't matter what domain they are in. None of that matters... The command Lanwench gave you: net use x: \\server\sharename /user:OTHERDOMAIN\username /persistent:no Could be written like so: net use x: \\server-to-connect-to\sharename-on-said-server /userOMAIN-said-server-is-in\username-for-user-in-the-domain-the-server-being-connected-to-is-in /persistent:no It should ask for the password. Depending on DNS, Firewall, routes essentially - how you get to that server and if you can map said share even with the proper credentials varies. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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