Need help with MMC

[Jethro]

I have two machines, one on my left and one on my right.
By design I have named the machines LEFT and RIGHT :<)
The machines are LAN'ed together via a router and are able to share
each others folders in their root directories just fine. So my
network must be set up okay.

I want to try using Remote Management, and am trying to set up MMC to
do so. On LEFT machine, I brought up MMC (via command line) and went
to 'Add/Remove Snap-in', clicked on 'Add', and added 'Local Users and
Groups'. It asked me to name the computer I wanted to manage and so I
wanted to choose machine RIGHT. So I chose 'Another computer' and
'browse'. I then clicked on 'Advance' and 'Find Now'. It found LEFT
and RIGHT in Workgroup MSHOME, and I selected RIGHT. MSHOME\RIGHT
then showed in the select computer window. I then clicked on OK
and Finish. I immediately got the error 'Unable to access the
computer RIGHT. Access is denied'.

What have I missed?

Thanks

Jethro

 

[Guest]

A few possibilities:
1 - firewall
2 - admin password on both machines would need to be the same

BTW, many use "MSHOME" as the workgroup. Some say it's good to change it for
security reasons.

 

[Jethro]

A few possibilities:
1 - firewall
2 - admin password on both machines would need to be the same

Firewall turned off
I plan to change MSHOME when I get this thing working

Thanks

Jethro