This is peculiar:
When I'm looking at my server's console and I try Start | Programs | Microsoft Office Server | SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration a browser opens pointed to http://MyServer:12345. I get a log in prompt that says: Log in to MyServer.MyDomain.Local.
No matter what I enter, I am not getting logged in. I try my setup account which is a domain admin. I try other domain admins. I try my DB Access account and all my service account. After three tries, I end up with "You are not authorized to view this page."
I try reworking the URL to http://MyServer.MyDomain.Local:12345 and I try http://LocalHost:12345 and neither works.
The only thing that works is the IP address with the port number.
When I try the Central Admin site from my desktop, I get the Central Admin site, no sweat.
This seems suboptimal.
-robot