no authority could be contacted for authentication

[Guest]

Hi,

I have set-up a Windows 2000 two way external trust which has been verified
from both domains without any errors.

When I try and add view an account on the other domain I recieve the following
error message: "no authority could be contacted for authentication".

No errors appear in the eventlog and the error occurs from both domains.
Any ideas.

Thank you

John

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

John,

Is DNS set up correctly? Is this with another WIN2000 environment or with a
WINNT 4.0 environment? In the case of WINNT 4.0, is WINS set up correctly
( or LMHOSTS files on the WINNT 4.0 PDC and the WIN2000 DC that holds the
FSMO role of PDC Emulator )?

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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

WIN2000 Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
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http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
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[Guest]

Hi,

Both the domains are Windows 2000 domains. The DNS resolution is working as
expected. I think the problem could be down to port 3268 being blocked on
one of the firewalls. I'm waiting for a firewall change to occur in order to
retest.

Thank you
John

 

[Cary Shultz]

John,

There is a white paper that MS put out for this sort of thing. The link is
below:

Well, I had the link but now it is not working. I will have to look a
bit....

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)