Troubleshooting
I Can't Authenticate to Active Directory
| Q1: | You can log on locally but can't authenticate to AD. |
| If you can get logged on to the Windows 2000 client using a local account but can't authenticate to Active Directory, you have three main suspects to check out. This assumes, of course, that you are sure you have a valid AD user account and you know the password. First, get logged on locally and make sure you can ping a DC. If this fails, you must fix the network before you can log on. Next, check the DNS client using the nslookup command to try to resolve the name of a DC. If your computer's DNS configuration is incorrect, you probably won't be able to find a DC. The third option is the system time. The Kerberos service allows packets ... |
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