Why is Domain Controller authentication required for a local user connecting with SMB over TCP?
Hello,I have a smartphone that can access shared folders using SMB over TCP, but it can logon to my office computer (WinXP SP3) only if the PC is connected to the corporate network (on LAN or VPN), otherwise I get the following error:Logon Failure: Reason: An error occurred during logon User Name: [local admin user] Domain: ? Logon Type: 3 Logon Process: NtLmSsp Authentication Package: MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0 Workstation Name: JCIFS0_1_D3 Status code: 0xC000005E Substatus code: 0x0Which in short means "no domain controller available to authenticate user". That's a nuisance. Why would Windows check the DC to authenticate a local admin user over NTLM?Could it be a limitation of SMB? Or should I change some Windows security settings?Thank you,/_urka1 person needs an answerI do too
August 27th, 2010 11:58am

HiThe Network is probably configured this way for security reasons.This question better adreesses to the IT people of the business. Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET
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August 28th, 2010 2:30am

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