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I have an issue where I can't connect to a Windows 2012 Server form a Windows 7 machine via a remote file share. I can't RDP into the machine just fine using a set of credentials, but when I try to hit the file share and enter those same exact credentials it tells me they are not valid. The two machine are on different domains, but like I said I can hit the machine using RDP, so I'm not sure what the issue is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-TO CLARIFY- I'm trying to hit the machine via a Windows Explorer instance, using \[machineName]\c$, I'm not trying to set up a file share, which I already know how to do.
Do you have access rights to that folder? if you dont have them of cause wont be able to connect to the share. – Ivan Viktorovic – 2015-02-09T15:21:49.627
@IvanViktorovic the account has admin rights for the host machine. – Brady – 2015-02-09T15:28:50.650
Having admin right does not mean that he can access all stuff. You still need to have rights on the share. Look for the data and shareing center and then look for the share. Check the rights of the share and the ntfs rights. If you have no clue what youre doing and you have admin rights on a server then you shouldnt trying to to stuff. Please just contact an admin. – Ivan Viktorovic – 2015-02-09T15:32:53.080
Maybe I phrased my question wrong. I don't actually want to create a file share, I know how to do that. What I want to do is to be able to hit the machine's root drive via Windows Explorer. Does that make any difference? – Brady – 2015-02-09T15:47:15.877
@IvanViktorovic This is a non prod server. I'm the only real admin that works on it, mostly for fun. The Corp IT admins don't touch the machine unless they need to preform upgrades. Besides, you gotta start somewhere right? – Brady – 2015-02-09T16:12:50.147
Having local Administrator rights is useless in a domain setting. Does this user have the correct rights on both domains? – Ramhound – 2015-02-09T16:18:00.073