12-29-2020, 07:41 PM
I remember this one time at my old gig. We had a server running backups overnight. Everything was fine until one morning. The whole process bombed out. Turns out the service account password had expired without us noticing. I spent hours poking around event viewer. Found the clues there. But then it hit me. Permissions were off too. The account couldn't reach the network share. We reset the password first. Tested the login manually. Nothing. Switched to checking group policies. Loosened some restrictions. Finally it clicked. Restarted the service. And boom, it worked.
You might face password mismatches first off. Change it through active directory users. Make sure it matches everywhere. Or check if the account got locked from too many bad tries. Unlock it quick. Permissions could be the culprit next. Verify the account has rights to the folders or services it needs. Run as that user to test. Group policy might block it. Look in the domain controller settings. Adjust inheritance if needed. Event logs always spill the beans. Filter for auth errors.
Hardware glitches rarely cause this. But reboot the server anyway. Clears temp glitches. If it's a domain issue. Sync with the controller. Use dcdiag for hints. Covers most bases there.
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