12-03-2019, 12:20 PM
You think everything's set up right.
But then access just flakes out across domains.
I remember this one time at my old gig.
We had two companies merging their networks.
Folks in one domain couldn't touch files in the other.
It was chaos.
Everyone yelling about permissions.
Turned out to be a mix of trust issues and name resolution glitches.
We spent hours poking around.
Finally nailed it down.
Now for fixing yours.
Start by checking if the domains trust each other properly.
You go into Active Directory Domains and Trusts.
Make sure the trust is active and bidirectional if needed.
If not.
Set it up fresh.
Next.
Verify DNS is pointing correctly.
Domains gotta resolve each other's names without hiccups.
Ping the server from the other side.
See if it responds.
If DNS is off.
Tweak your forwarders or add records.
Permissions come next.
You need to grant share and NTFS rights to users from the foreign domain.
Use groups to keep it simple.
Add those domain users to the right local groups on the file server.
Firewall might block it too.
Check ports like 445 for SMB.
Open them up if blocked.
And don't forget authentication.
Kerberos tickets can expire weird across domains.
Force a reauth or check time sync between servers.
Clocks off by more than five minutes.
And it all breaks.
Sync those times.
If you're using VPN or something for remote access.
Ensure it's not mangling the domain joins.
Test with a simple share first.
Narrow it down.
Sometimes it's just a stale group policy.
Run gpupdate on the machines.
That clears a lot.
Cover all bases like that.
You should get it flowing.
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