Active Directory Domain Problems

[dutrizacd]

I'm an old NT 4 guy, and I'm having a hard time getting access to resources on this particular domain.
Let me explain.

domain #1 vanrich.nortrak.com
domain #2 birmingham.vanrich.nortrak.com

birmingham and vanrich have a full trust setup.

I'm logging onto the birmingham domain using a birmingham username and password. The computer I'm logging onto is a member of the vanrich domain.

Now, everytime I try to access a server that's a member of the birmingham domain, I get prompted for a username and password.
I've tried this.

birmingham\username
password

but no dice.
It's as though the birmingham server won't give me access because the computer isn't a member of that domain. (that's just a guess) I've tried adding the computer to the birmingham domain but I can't figure out how. What am I missing here?

Frankenputer
dutrizacd@hotmail.com

 

[MadRat]

It helps if you tell us if you're using AD root was built on 2k3 or 2k and more about your topology. AD requires pretty explicit trust building else it will fail just like your current situation. Could be a basic AD setup issue or something specific to one tree in the forest.

 

[dutrizacd]

It's 2003 Active directory. Transitive Trust and trust type is Child.

Man, I really gotta get caught up on this active directory stuff. We jumped from NT4 to 2003 AD... HUGE jump for old school NT4 guys like me.

 

[MadRat]

I'm assuming some things here. When you built the transitive trusts from the new machine by telling it to trust the domain, rather than joining the tree, did you remember they act only one way? If you had your domain join the master rather than trust the master then its two way.