VPN Question

[Guest]

I'm connecting to our network via our VPN connection. Obviosuly when I'm at
home I'm not authenticating to our network so when I go to mange a computer
across the VPN I do not have the authority to start and stop services. Is
there a way I can start and stop the services? Is there I can authenticate
to do this? The work around I have done is either connect via pC anywhere or
RDP to a server and start and stop the services for the computer or server I
need form this computer I remoted into.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm connecting to our network via our VPN connection. Obviosuly when I'm at
home I'm not authenticating to our network so when I go to mange a computer
across the VPN I do not have the authority to start and stop services. Is
there a way I can start and stop the services? Is there I can authenticate
to do this? The work around I have done is either connect via pC anywhere or
RDP to a server and start and stop the services for the computer or server I
need form this computer I remoted into.

It is sufficient for you to establish your credentials on the
target machine. Whether you do this on a VPN or a LAN
is irrelevant. You could use this command:

net use \\YourServer\SomeShare /user:YourServer\YourName YourPassword

You can now use sc.exe to start/stop services on the server.

A quick alternative is based on starting a Command Prompt
on the target server, using psexec.exe (www.sysinternals.com).
You can then start/stop your services like so:

net start "SomeService"

Much faster than to use pcAnywhere!