Eventlog Service is running, and Event Viewer opens fine at that server.
Anyone know what would I need to audit to see if I was being denied remote
access?
Thanks,
-Lana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Bodnar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: Can't Connect to Remote PC with Event Viewer
> Is the Event Log service running on Server B? Can you open Event Log on
> Server B from Server B?
>
>
>
> Chris Bodnar
> The Lehigh Group
> 610-966-9702 X:134
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:35 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Can't Connect to Remote PC with Event Viewer
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to this list, and I am hoping someone can help me with a little
> annoying problem I am having. I cannot seem to connect from "Server A" to
a
> remote "Server B" with Event Viewer to view the Event log. Both machines
> are Win2K SP2, no AD, it is an NT 4 Domain. When I type the remote
computer
> Name or IP address in the Select Computer Box, I get the following
message..
> "Unable to connect to computer "Servername". The error was: The network
> Path is not found."
>
> Funny thing is, I can connect to this PC in Computer Management, I can
stop
> and start services, view the shares, Local Users and Groups, but if I
click
> on Event Viewer, I get the same message. I can ping the IP, the name, map
a
> drive and everything, so the connectivity is definitely there. Server B
can
> view Server A's event log, but ServerA cannot connect to Server B. Also on
> Server A I can connect to all the other NT4 machine's event logs, and I
have
> also VPN'd to a home machine, and was able to connect to that event log
> running on Win2K SP2 also. I have tried this with my account which is a
> member of Domain Admins, as well as the Domain Admin Account itself with
> same results. Is there some "remote access" type service that's needed,
or
> policy or something that may have been configured on Server B that doesn't
> allow remote access to the event log? I've searched KB for this error
also
> and came up empty. Server A is my workstation, so I really would like to
be
> able to view all the other server logs from my desk. Any ideas are
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> -Lana
>
>
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