michaelpait

i have two servers - same workgroup - when i try and share something it will not let me go to the location of the other server, just the local server, how can i bypass this feature

lorjack

What do you mean? Are you getting an error message when you browse? You need to be connecting with an account and password that is on the server sharing resources.

michaelpait

sorry i make stupid posts, basically what i am trying to do, is share a folder on server y, when i select which users have access to the folder on server y - i try and add users from server x - it will not let me

lorjack

That is because they are not on a domain. If you want to add user accounts on another machine they need to be created on the server you are sharing on.

michaelpait

explain this to me - now i could make a virtual pvt network and have each user who needs to have permissions have access to whichever resources, however what im not understanding is why the middle man cannot be filtered out and once the user logs on their host computer - that user right can be imported into the server remotely so it allows that specific user to connect to the server without establishing multiple vpns, it would seem multiple vpns would be unstable, but a windows manage vpns would maybe be more tedious on a large network but the exchange of data would be solely on the burdon of the operating system and not multiple vpn configurations

michaelpait

so i probably did not install active directory or for some reason its not using a Wildcard DNS records

lorjack

I'm not sure what you are doing. First you were asking about users, now it is VPNs and DNS. What exactly are you trying to do?

michaelpait

i guess i will have to take a screen shot.

vladimirb

I am sorry mate but I am not getting any screen shot from provided link :/
Do you want to monitor Servers from your home with VPN???
What server roles you have installed???

keep us posted...

michaelpait

look again it should work, your website would not permit the jpg name,



also i have a question, you remember back in the day on the old school nt machines that if you worked for a large organization you had domain names at the log in screen, which certification do i need to work on to get that kind of knowledge? is it all word of mouth, or is the four year degree better

vladimirb

Is this workgroup or domain environment???
Is this simple XP client or Server???

vladimirb

Mate, we have removed your screen shot because as you can see computer name of computer is offensive and we will remove it again :/

michaelpait

why dont you just block it out and then repost it

michaelpait

but if you saw my screen shot do you think you can maybe answer the question via pvt message or something of that nature

koala

Remove the offensive language and repost the screenshot.

We don't help via private message. All replies are to be posted in the open forum so others with the same problem can see the advice given.

michaelpait

michaelpait

why dont both servers show up, or even the xp machine or any other computers on my network, or the xbox. i have two computers and one xbox and on the xp machine there are two windows server 2003 operating systems running under vmware using network address translation, so if there is a protocol i need to load let me know that would be pretty cool

lorjack

If you cannot browse to other computers verify that Netbios over TCP\IP is enabled on the network connection.

bilbus

if you make the username and password the same on both servers that should remove the login problem.

As for not seeing the server... can you ping the name .. if so open or disable firewall

michaelpait

if you go to network neighborhood they are all there under the windows network, servers and the xp machines, however when i try and create unique features or access rights, then it will not allow me to do that only on the base system, i will load up vmware takes a while though,


ping is fine and there are no issues with the firewall since they are file sharing, but i will double check, the security key system i am using disables the firewall, and both security keys are loaded into both operating systems, that should not be a problem though