I had a user with administrative permissions added onto a server 2008 system (on a workgroup) that could not map out the c$ admin share. I’m not sure of the exact error now since I’m writing this up about a month after the fact, but I found the fix.
Win7 client on domain connecting to win2k8 server on workgroup. Did the \username with password, still no dice. Registry fix fixed issue.
Download File
EnableCShare.reg
Install File
Wait about 30 seconds
Attempt C$ again
Obviously check ALL registry files BEFORE importing onto your system. Just in case someone tries to pull your leg.
I had setup two BIND9 servers on ubuntu to service all VPN connected users. They were both linked just fine. I managed BIND via webmin installed.
A linux user and a Mac user were connecting to the VPN and then finding they could no longer connect to any web sites outside of the DNS domain.
nslookup google.com
;; Got recursion not available from 10.10.5.60, trying next server
Server: 10.10.5.61
Address: 10.10.5.61#53
** server can’t find google.com: NXDOMAIN
Well that’s no good. First server isn’t allowing recursive connections and the second one is not forwarding properly. I checked webmin and saw in the forwarding and transfers section that I had, indeed, already added 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 4.2.2.2, and 10.10.5.70 (internal DNS). So why was it not working?
Fired up putty and SSH’d in
nano /etc/bind/named.conf.options
Under the options { area add the following:
allow-query { any; };
allow-recursion { any; };
Save and quit
Reload Bind
/etc/init.d/bind9 reload
Profit
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