How to Configure Windows 2000 Telnet Service to Not Require NTLM

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

SUMMARY

By default, the Telnet service supplied with Windows 2000 requires NTLM authentication. However, if Windows 2000 is configured to use Kerberos as its default authentication method, then Telnet users are not able to obtain access to domain/AD resources including network validation. This article describes how to configure the Windows 2000 Telnet Service to not require NTLM.

MORE INFORMATION

To configure the Windows 2000 Telnet Service to not require NTLM:

1. At a command prompt, type tlntadmn.exe, and then press ENTER.



2. Choose option 3, Display / change registry settings.



3. Choose option 7, NTLM.



4. Change the default setting from 2 to 0 to disable the NTLM requirement.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto