Accessing a File Share... why is this so hard?

Thanks for the response.

Shouldn't I be able to login to the non-domain computer when prompted
using the COMPUTERNAME\LoginName method?

If my home was setup to use a domain, for example "DomainHome",
shouldn't anyone be able to login to a file share using
DomainHome\UserName ?

I can connect to the C$ share on my work laptop from my home machines
using WorkDomain\UserName, why wouldn't this work in reverse?

Maybe it is only a 1 way method... nondomain to domain enabled.


Let me pose this question. If you have a computer that belongs to
WorkDomain, could you login to access a file share on another domain
if when prompted you enter your credentials as
AnotherDomain\MyOtherAccount ?

Thanks


NobodyMan < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote in message news:< XXXX@XXXXX.COM >...
> On 29 Mar 2004 22:52:20 -0800, XXXX@XXXXX.COM (Chris) wrote:
>
> >My work laptop is part of the domain at work. When I come home, I
> >want to be able to connect to a file share on one of my home computers
> >(named BACKUP), which is not part of a domain.
> >
> >The share on BACKUP is setup to only allow the administrator to access
> >it. Because I login to all my other home computers as administrator
> >with the same password, I can access this share from any other
> >machine.
> >
> >When I try to access the share from my work laptop though, it fails,
> >and does not even give me a username/password prompt.
> >
> >If I try to connect to a root like \\BACKUP\D$ (from my laptop), I DO
> >get a prompt, but I can't login. I tried "Administrator" and
> >"BACKUP\Administrator" as the username but it didn't work.
> >
> >I tried creating an account on BACKUP that has the same login username
> >and password as my domain account that I use to login to the laptop,
> >and then granted that user the rights to access the share, but that
> >also didn't work.
> >
> >
> >Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?
>
> The problem is that your laptop is set to logon to a domain, but your
> home network is set up as a workgroup. Your domain logon won't work
> on your workgroup LAN, even if you create an identical account name/PW
> on every machine in your home LAN. Domain accounts just don't work
> when you try to logon to a workgroup-based LAN due to problems between
> the two network SIDs.
>
> You'll need to change you laptop to a workgroup-based access, then
> create a new local account on your laptop that matches the name/pw on
> your home LAN. Then when you get back to work, you'd have to have
> your System Administrator re-join you to the Domain.
>
> Now if I were your SysAdmin, this wouldn't happen since I would
> quickly tire of having to re-add your machine to my Domain every day.