Microsoft KB Archive/151362

= Rcmd.exe Err Msg: Failed to Connect Error 1326 =

Article ID: 151362

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q151362



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Windows NT Resource Kit utility Remote Command Service (RCMD), you may receive one of the following error messages:

Failed to connect to <\\servername>, Error = 1326

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Failed to connect to <\\IP address>, Error = 1326



CAUSE
The above error indicates that there has been a logon failure to the server.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, first establish a secure channel to the server by connecting to the Inter-Process Communication share (IPC$) by typing the following at a command prompt and pressing ENTER:

net use \\ \ipc$ /user: \

In the above example, is the server on which you are attempting to run a command remotely. \ must be a user account that has administrative rights on the target server.

For more information on RCMD, see the following article in the Microsoft knowledge base:

151519Resource Kit Utility Provides Remote Command Execution

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB151362

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