Mysterious Messages

From time to time, I would like to highlight mysterious error messages that I have received and the solutions that fixed it.

I have a trust with another domain. A developer, with a user id in my domain, asked for access to a share on the web server in the other domain. I went to the web server and I added the developers group (which was a global group in my domain) to the share and the NTFS permissions.

The developer, with the proper share and NTFS permissions, should have access to the server, right?

I thought so. But the developer called me and told me that he could not connect. I added my non-admin user id to the developers group. I couldn’t get in either.

So, to the command prompt I go. I typed in a net use command to connect to the share. BREAKTHROUGH! An error message is returned. It read as follows:

Logon Failure:  The user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.

Doing a little research, I discovered that the error had to do with the user rights. Even though I had a valid trust relationship, valid share permissions, and valid NTFS permissions, the developer still lacked the user right to "Access this computer from the network."

To fix this problem:

1. Go to Start-Administrative Tools-Local Security Policy

   

2. Under Security Setttings, expand Local Policies and click on User Rights Assignment.
3. On the right side, modify the Access this computer from the network policy by double-clicking on it.
   
4. Click on the Add User or Group button to add the user or group to the policy. Click OK to save.