So here's the scenario. I just took a job managing a decently sized network (2500ish users). My predecessor had a "patch it quick and move on" or "I'll just wait until it really breaks to do something about it" phiolsophy,
which is very different from my own. Anyway, he had a problem with a file and print server getting people so they could access all the shared stuff on the box. He turned off some service (uncertain which one, had something to do with Papercut and
their support tech turned it back on) and turned on the guest account which just gave everyone access. The problem was that with this service off, the print quota software wasn't tracking prints. Once it was turned on, it would track prints again,
but non-domain computers could no longer access the server. It wouldn't even prompt for credentials when accessing the server, it just failed. When I would UNC path to the server it would show all the shared devices and folders, but would error
out when trying to open one.
I turned the guest account off and now it prompts me for credentials, but no credentials I give it will work. I also can no longer see the shared devices and folders, I get prompted for credentials as soon as I attempt to UNC to the server. I created users on the local machine and tried server\username and that didn't work. I've tried several different accounts using domain\username to no avail. I even tried adding my domain user to the local user CP and set myself as a local administrator and it wouldn't work. No matter what credentials I give it, it will not accept them. I've checked the security settings against other servers on the domain and they all match. I've checked the date and time. I went through the gpresults to see if it was a problem with the group policies, but it's getting the same policies as all the other servers in it's OU and none of the other servers have this problem. I've turned the Windows firewall OFF. I checked the share permissions and folder security on the shares and they're all setup properly.
The server is running Windows Server 2012 and is a member server on a domain. The server is running inside a VMware farm and many other servers don't have this problem connecting through the same virtual switch. None of the other servers on this domain are showing these kinds of symptoms.
I'm at a loss as to what I should even try next.
I turned the guest account off and now it prompts me for credentials, but no credentials I give it will work. I also can no longer see the shared devices and folders, I get prompted for credentials as soon as I attempt to UNC to the server. I created users on the local machine and tried server\username and that didn't work. I've tried several different accounts using domain\username to no avail. I even tried adding my domain user to the local user CP and set myself as a local administrator and it wouldn't work. No matter what credentials I give it, it will not accept them. I've checked the security settings against other servers on the domain and they all match. I've checked the date and time. I went through the gpresults to see if it was a problem with the group policies, but it's getting the same policies as all the other servers in it's OU and none of the other servers have this problem. I've turned the Windows firewall OFF. I checked the share permissions and folder security on the shares and they're all setup properly.
The server is running Windows Server 2012 and is a member server on a domain. The server is running inside a VMware farm and many other servers don't have this problem connecting through the same virtual switch. None of the other servers on this domain are showing these kinds of symptoms.
I'm at a loss as to what I should even try next.