Article ID: 192490
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q192490
SUMMARY
A credentials dialog box appears on a Remote Administrator's User Interface, asking for credentials to initiate a ping to a client. Most Administrators do not expect to enter credentials before performing a ping test to a client.
MORE INFORMATION
This behavior occurs because of Windows NT Security features and is a Windows NT-based requirement, not a Systems Management Server 2.0 requirement.
Ping is designed to not require permissions and to always be enabled. Because Windows NT requires credentials for access, the Windows NT credentials step still remains.
Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords: kbinfo kbremoteprog KB192490
