Mapping Drives in Windows Server 2003 HELP!

I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When I go to
map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and password. I try
to log into the share and it keeps saying bad username or password. I created
at least 2-3 test users to try this with and changed passwords but it still
wont except my logins...I am stumped! Please Help!!

Shenan
Mon Aug 01 14:51:32 CDT 2005

tallen wrote:
> I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When
> I go to map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and
> password. I try to log into the share and it keeps saying bad
> username or password. I created at least 2-3 test users to try this
> with and changed passwords but it still wont except my logins...I am
> stumped! Please Help!!

Stand-alone or domain server?
If Domain server, is the XP machine a member of said domain?
If not, are you entering DOMAIN\username instead of just "username"?
If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not the XP
machine, right?
If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of just
username?
Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but file/directory
permissions to the folder on the server as well?

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tallen
Mon Aug 01 15:36:03 CDT 2005



"> Stand-alone or domain server?
stand alone
> If Domain server, is the XP machine a member of said domain?
> If not, are you entering DOMAIN\username instead of just "username"?
> If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not the XP
> machine, right?
users are created on the server
> If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of just
> username?
yes that is the format I am using

> Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but file/directory
> permissions to the folder on the server as well?

yes on both
>
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>
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Shenan
Mon Aug 01 15:46:58 CDT 2005

tallen wrote:
> I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When
> I go to map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and
> password. I try to log into the share and it keeps saying bad
> username or password. I created at least 2-3 test users to try this
> with and changed passwords but it still wont except my logins...I am
> stumped! Please Help!!

tallen wrote:
>> Stand-alone or domain server?
> stand alone

>> If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not
>> the XP machine, right?
> users are created on the server

>> If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of
>> just username?
> yes that is the format I am using

>> Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but
>> file/directory permissions to the folder on the server as well?
> yes on both

Assuming Simple File Sharing is turned off on the XP Pro machine...?

Have you tried command-line mapping them?
NET USE x: \\servername\sharename /USER:servername\username password
/PERSISTENT:NO
Anything in lowercase, you need to substitute properly.

What error do you get? Checked your even logs on the server as well as on
the XP Pro machine?

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MS-MVP
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tallen
Tue Aug 02 06:23:13 CDT 2005

The error says "login failure unknown username or password" I triple checked
the passwords and tried 4-5 diff accounts and still comes back with this
error.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> tallen wrote:
> > I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When
> > I go to map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and
> > password. I try to log into the share and it keeps saying bad
> > username or password. I created at least 2-3 test users to try this
> > with and changed passwords but it still wont except my logins...I am
> > stumped! Please Help!!
>
> tallen wrote:
> >> Stand-alone or domain server?
> > stand alone
>
> >> If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not
> >> the XP machine, right?
> > users are created on the server
>
> >> If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of
> >> just username?
> > yes that is the format I am using
>
> >> Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but
> >> file/directory permissions to the folder on the server as well?
> > yes on both
>
> Assuming Simple File Sharing is turned off on the XP Pro machine...?
>
> Have you tried command-line mapping them?
> NET USE x: \\servername\sharename /USER:servername\username password
> /PERSISTENT:NO
> Anything in lowercase, you need to substitute properly.
>
> What error do you get? Checked your even logs on the server as well as on
> the XP Pro machine?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Roger
Tue Aug 02 10:47:35 CDT 2005

In the local security policy of the XP Pro client (or in GPO that
affects the client if in domain) check that the machine is allowed
to use NTLM v2 in the Lan Manager policy setting within the
Security Settings in the Computer branch, or that it is at least
allowed to use a protocol that agrees with what the server allows.
Similarly check the settings for Digitally signing communications
and for Secure channel - so that server and client can find an
allowed combination in common between them.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"tallen" <tallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71D18E42-E8C9-4A7C-9285-08AD37BDBB84@microsoft.com...
> The error says "login failure unknown username or password" I triple
checked
> the passwords and tried 4-5 diff accounts and still comes back with this
> error.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > tallen wrote:
> > > I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When
> > > I go to map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and
> > > password. I try to log into the share and it keeps saying bad
> > > username or password. I created at least 2-3 test users to try this
> > > with and changed passwords but it still wont except my logins...I am
> > > stumped! Please Help!!
> >
> > tallen wrote:
> > >> Stand-alone or domain server?
> > > stand alone
> >
> > >> If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not
> > >> the XP machine, right?
> > > users are created on the server
> >
> > >> If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of
> > >> just username?
> > > yes that is the format I am using
> >
> > >> Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but
> > >> file/directory permissions to the folder on the server as well?
> > > yes on both
> >
> > Assuming Simple File Sharing is turned off on the XP Pro machine...?
> >
> > Have you tried command-line mapping them?
> > NET USE x: \\servername\sharename /USER:servername\username password
> > /PERSISTENT:NO
> > Anything in lowercase, you need to substitute properly.
> >
> > What error do you get? Checked your even logs on the server as well as
on
> > the XP Pro machine?
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >
> >

tallen
Tue Aug 02 12:20:01 CDT 2005

got it! Thanks for the help!

"Roger Abell" wrote:

> In the local security policy of the XP Pro client (or in GPO that
> affects the client if in domain) check that the machine is allowed
> to use NTLM v2 in the Lan Manager policy setting within the
> Security Settings in the Computer branch, or that it is at least
> allowed to use a protocol that agrees with what the server allows.
> Similarly check the settings for Digitally signing communications
> and for Secure channel - so that server and client can find an
> allowed combination in common between them.
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
> "tallen" <tallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:71D18E42-E8C9-4A7C-9285-08AD37BDBB84@microsoft.com...
> > The error says "login failure unknown username or password" I triple
> checked
> > the passwords and tried 4-5 diff accounts and still comes back with this
> > error.
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> > > tallen wrote:
> > > > I want to map a XP Pro pc to a share I created on a 2003 server. When
> > > > I go to map the drive from my PC...it prompts me for a username and
> > > > password. I try to log into the share and it keeps saying bad
> > > > username or password. I created at least 2-3 test users to try this
> > > > with and changed passwords but it still wont except my logins...I am
> > > > stumped! Please Help!!
> > >
> > > tallen wrote:
> > > >> Stand-alone or domain server?
> > > > stand alone
> > >
> > > >> If stand-alone, you are creating these users on the server and not
> > > >> the XP machine, right?
> > > > users are created on the server
> > >
> > > >> If stand-alone, are you entering "SERVERNAME\username" instead of
> > > >> just username?
> > > > yes that is the format I am using
> > >
> > > >> Do the users have permissions not only to the share, but
> > > >> file/directory permissions to the folder on the server as well?
> > > > yes on both
> > >
> > > Assuming Simple File Sharing is turned off on the XP Pro machine...?
> > >
> > > Have you tried command-line mapping them?
> > > NET USE x: \\servername\sharename /USER:servername\username password
> > > /PERSISTENT:NO
> > > Anything in lowercase, you need to substitute properly.
> > >
> > > What error do you get? Checked your even logs on the server as well as
> on
> > > the XP Pro machine?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Shenan Stanley
> > > MS-MVP
> > > --
> > > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>