Microsoft KB Archive/122261

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Err Msg: The Trust Relationship...Could Not Be Verified...

Article ID: 122261

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
• 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 Q122261

SYMPTOMS

When establishing a trust between two domains, if there is a session already established between the two domain controllers the following message appears on the Windows NT 3.x domain controller:

The trust relationship between XXXX and YYYY could not be verified at this time. If you find that it was not established, contact the administrator of the XXXX domain and verify that it has been permitted YYYY to trust.

On a Windows NT 4.0 domain controller, the following error message appears:

The trust relationship cannot be verified because this machine has a session open to <computer name>, the Primary Domain Controller of domain XXXX. Do you wish to continue setting up the trust relationship?

(<computer name> is the machine name for the PDC, XXXX is the trusted domain, and YYYYY is the trusting domain.)

CAUSE

The trust may have been established and may be working correctly. The reason this message appears is that there was already a session established between the domain controllers under a user account (specifically, the session would have to have been established from YYYY to XXXX). This session keeps the special trust verification from being sent because the Windows NT redirector (LanmanWorkstation) can establish remote sessions under only one user account per remote server.

Additional query words: prodnt Trust Domain

Keywords: kbnetwork KB122261

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