WMI remote Access denied

[Guest]

Hi,

I've got a problem running WMI control on a remote server.
During connecting with the WMI control to a remote server i get the error
"Access denied". I get this message on both servers.

I've reinstalled the WMI and deleted the C:\WINNT\WBEM\REPOSITORY directory
but without success.

Both servers running Windows 2000 server and are in the same domain.
The logged on user is domain admin.

Has someone an suggestion to fix this problem?

 

[Jim Vierra]

Check your DCOM permissions.

 

[Guest]

The domain admins have all rights to it so i think this could not be the
problem.

 

[Jim Vierra]

Check WMI to be sure it hasn't been overridden and check the permissions on
the wbem folder.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

In the Control WMI are several folder with permission on it.
The domain admin is added to all of these folders with the option remote
access on but without success.

 

[Jim Vierra]

For wbem I believe SYSTEM and NETWORK SERVICE need access too.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

In the WMI Control all folders have SYSTEM and NETWORK permission to full
control.
The services is restarted after i made the change but no success.

 

[Jim Vierra]

What is your exact script and the exact error.

 

[ScriptMonkey]

I was having this issue also. The problem ended up being in the local
security policy settings. Check this setting from the Administrative
Tools > Local Security Policy applet:

Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignments >
Impersonate a client after authentication

If the .NET Framework is installed, you should have the following
listings:
<LOCALMACHINE>\ASPNET, Administrators, SERVICE

If these rights aren't setup properly, you can't access WMI from a
remote workstation.

 

[ScriptMonkey]

After fixing the rights issue, I found one other problem with this
machine -- DCOM was disabled. To re-enable it, I did the following:

1.) Run dcomcnfg.exe.
2.) On the Default Properties tab, check the box for Enable Distributed
COM on this computer
3.) Reboot

After all that, I am finally able to connect to WMI remotely on this
workstation.