trust: type external Error: the server is not operational

[George]

i created a trust external, two-way, non-tansitive between two domains. the
trust verifies from both ends and I am able to add users from domain A to a
domain-local group in domain B.
Unfortunately for me I am unable to add users from domain B to a
domain-local group in domain A. If I browse with advanced - find now - I get
the server is not operational!? I found a KB article 837328, but it made no
difference.

Any idea how can I find out what the cause is?
domain A is w2k3 and domain B is w2k; dns zone transfers work fine and the
secondary zones are populated on both ends...

G

[chriss3 [MVP]]

Do you have any firewalls in place between the two domains?

If so this may helps:

How to Configure a Firewall for Domains and Trusts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q179/4/42.asp&NoWebContent=1

Also have a look at the Windows Server 2003 Troubleshooting Trusts:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/ad02d816-aac3-4f13-b771-39ebe7e3a5ee1033.mspx
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Regards
Christoffer Andersson
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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Post by George
i created a trust external, two-way, non-tansitive between two domains. the
trust verifies from both ends and I am able to add users from domain A to a
domain-local group in domain B.
Unfortunately for me I am unable to add users from domain B to a
domain-local group in domain A. If I browse with advanced - find now - I get
the server is not operational!? I found a KB article 837328, but it made no
difference.
Any idea how can I find out what the cause is?
domain A is w2k3 and domain B is w2k; dns zone transfers work fine and the
secondary zones are populated on both ends...
G

[Cary Shultz]

George,

One thing that I usually do when creating trusts is to use Netdom instead of
the MMC. I find that - assuming everything else is properly in place - this
always works.
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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

Post by George
i created a trust external, two-way, non-tansitive between two domains. the
trust verifies from both ends and I am able to add users from domain A to a
domain-local group in domain B.
Unfortunately for me I am unable to add users from domain B to a
domain-local group in domain A. If I browse with advanced - find now - I get
the server is not operational!? I found a KB article 837328, but it made no
difference.
Any idea how can I find out what the cause is?
domain A is w2k3 and domain B is w2k; dns zone transfers work fine and the
secondary zones are populated on both ends...
G