title: WSMan and Basic authorization
body: <p>I'm trying to get WSMan working using Basic authorizaion.
  I'm always getting Access Denied error. Kerberos authentiaction works fine.</p>
  
  <p>Windows Remote Management service is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 in Domain A and has the following config:</p>
  
  <pre>
  Config
      MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 800
      MaxTimeoutms = 600000
      MaxBatchItems = 20
      MaxProviderRequests = 4294967295
      Client
          NetworkDelayms = 5000
          URLPrefix = wsman
          AllowUnencrypted = false
          Auth
              Basic = true
              Digest = true
              Kerberos = true
              Negotiate = true
              Certificate = true
              CredSSP = false
          DefaultPorts
              HTTP = 5985
              HTTPS = 5986
          TrustedHosts = *
      Service
          RootSDDL = O:NSG:BAD:P(A;;GA;;;S-1-5-21-2516571543-3809851355-1508507046-1008)(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GAGXGWGR;;;S-1-5-21-3465154619-3242790773-2173928322-17804)S:P(AU;FA;GA;;;WD)(AU;SA;GXGW;;;WD)
          MaxConcurrentOperations = 4294967295
          MaxConcurrentOperationsPerUser = 200
          EnumerationTimeoutms = 600000
          MaxConnections = 15
          MaxPacketRetrievalTimeSeconds = 120
          AllowUnencrypted = true
          Auth
              Basic = true
              Kerberos = true
              Negotiate = true
              Certificate = true
              CredSSP = true
              CbtHardeningLevel = Relaxed
          DefaultPorts
              HTTP = 5985
              HTTPS = 5986
          IPv4Filter = *
          IPv6Filter = *
          EnableCompatibilityHttpListener = false
          EnableCompatibilityHttpsListener = false
          CertificateThumbprint = ee cd g2 5e 61 ad d0 07  07 b7 77 95 ec 38 16 02df 7f 64 51
      Winrs
          AllowRemoteShellAccess = true
          IdleTimeout = 180000
          MaxConcurrentUsers = 5
          MaxShellRunTime = 2147483647
          MaxProcessesPerShell = 15
          MaxMemoryPerShellMB = 150
          MaxShellsPerUser = 5
  </pre>
  
  <p>I'm executing Test-WSMan on a Windows 7 workstation which is in domain B:</p>
  
  <pre>
  Test-WSMan -ComputerName https://server2008:5986 -Auth basic -Cred B\MY_USER_NAME
  </pre>
  
  <p>And getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre>
  Test-WSMan : Access is denied.
  At line:1 char:11
  + Test-WSMan -ComputerName https://server2008:5986 -Auth basic -Cred B\MY_USER_NAME
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (https://server2008:5986:5986:String) [Test-WSMan], InvalidOperationException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WsManError,Microsoft.WSMan.Management.TestWSManCommand
  
  </pre>
  
  <p>Note that the following command works fine:</p>
  
  <pre>
  Test-WSMan -ComputerName https://server2008:5986 -Auth kerberos
  </pre>
  
  <p>The following logs apear on Windows Server:</p>
  
  <pre>
  Error   6/22/2012 12:21:27 PM   Windows Remote Management   168 User authentication
  
  General: Sending HTTP 401 response to the client and disconnect the connection after sending the response
  Details:
      Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Operational
      Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WinRM
      Date:          6/22/2012 12:21:27 PM
      Event ID:      168
      Task Category: User authentication
      Level:         Error
      Keywords:      Security,Server
      User:          NETWORK SERVICE
      Computer:      server2008
      Description:
          Sending HTTP 401 response to the client and disconnect the connection after sending the response
  </pre>
  
  <p>Can someone help me to solve this issue? Is this a configuration issue or am I doing something wrong? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>