vpn permissions

[Richard]

Hi

I have a vpn connection from home (w2k pro) to the office (w2k pro).

Can I limit the permision of the shared folder at the office to me only or
the permissions to read should be set to everyone? It seems that I can't
access to the folder from home even if I logged on as my name and password
similar to the office.

I would like to keep the permissions to only me. How would I configure the
settings? Do I need to encrypt the folders before I copy to the pc at home?

Many thanks in advance.

Richard

 

[Kurt]

Hi

I have a vpn connection from home (w2k pro) to the office (w2k pro).

Can I limit the permision of the shared folder at the office to me only or
the permissions to read should be set to everyone? It seems that I can't
access to the folder from home even if I logged on as my name and password
similar to the office.

I would like to keep the permissions to only me. How would I configure the
settings? Do I need to encrypt the folders before I copy to the pc at home?

Many thanks in advance.

Richard

We need more information.

1) Your computer at home connects and authenticates and the VPN is
established?

2) How does your home computer get it's IP address on the VPN interface?

3) Where is the share located (on the W2K computer that is the VPN
server or on another computer on the work LAN)?

4) How are you trying to access the share (by computer name, IP Address,
Browser)?

5) What error do you get when your attempt fails?

6) Please post the output of an "ipconfig /all" with the VPN connected.

....kurt

 

[Richard]

Hi Kurt

Many thanks for helping.. answers below

We need more information.

1) Your computer at home connects and authenticates and the VPN is
established? yes

2) How does your home computer get it's IP address on the VPN interface?

??? I configured the office's incoming connection to fixed IP

3) Where is the share located (on the W2K computer that is the VPN
server or on another computer on the work LAN)?

on the VPN server ie. my computer in the office

4) How are you trying to access the share (by computer name, IP Address,
Browser)?

by \\computername\sharedfoldername

5) What error do you get when your attempt fails?

no permissions

6) Please post the output of an "ipconfig /all" with the VPN connected.
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : wb-pc03
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LevelOne WNC-0301USB Wireless
Adapte
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-6B-37-B2-1F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.135
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 11, 2007 11:11:02
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:12:16
PM

PPP adapter WB-Office:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.252
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.252
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.253

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

 

[Kurt]

2) How does your home computer get it's IP address on the VPN interface?

??? I configured the office's incoming connection to fixed IP

So you are allowing your home computer to specify its PPP IP address?
Are you sure there are no conflicts? Your home LAN is on the 192.168.1
network and your PPP connection has an IP address on the 192.168.168
network, so as long as 192.168.168 is the correct subnet for your work
LAN, that part should be ok.

on the VPN server ie. my computer in the office


by \\computername\sharedfoldername

This is likely your problem. \\computername is a netbios name and unless
you have a WINS server running at work and specified in your home
computer's PPP settings (which is not the case according to your
ipconfig), you won't be able to resolve the name (PPTP connections are
routed, NetBIOS queries are broadcast, and broadcasts do not pass over a
routed connection). Try using the IP address of your computer at work
(\\ip-address\sharename). If you really need to use the name, you could
make an entry in your home computers LMHOSTS file that points the name
to the ip address of your server at work.

no permissions

If you are using the same account credentials to authenticate the VPN
that you use as your regular account at work, there shouldn't be any
permissions issues. Likely this is the extremely helpful "you may not
have the necessary permissions..." message. The key word there is "may".
Just be sure your account at work has dial-in permissions and that you
are using that account to authenticate over the VPN. Just to be sure,
you could create an account on the work computer that matches your home
logon and be sure that account has permissions to the share.

Also, be sure you are setting both the share permissions and the NTFS
permissions (on the security tab).

....kurt

 

[Richard]

Hi Kurt

Many thanks for your advice. I will need to try it out again at home.

Richard