Re: vpn drive mapping

From: |. (xxleventxx_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/08/04


Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 04:02:10 -0500

tony,
thanks for the reply. the script link you sent me is in vbscript. Would I
create my script, then save it as vbs and have the user run it after
connecting via VPN, as a second step to connect to the network shares.

"Tony Su" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:83db01c403cd$f5b86d20$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> What you are asking for is called "alternate credentials,"
> A remote User who is logged in locally to their machine
> will normally pass those credentials when trying to access
> remote resources... which won't work unless you've logged
> into a machine with Domain Credentials which isn't
> practical unless you're on a laptop which was connected at
> some time as a member of the Domain and stores cached
> credentials.
>
> Try this...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-
> us/script56/html/wsMthMapNetworkDrive.asp?
>
> Note, you need to be connecting to a Domain for full
> functionality using alternate credentials... awhile back I
> attempted to do this without a Domain and although all I
> conversed with thought it might be possible I couldn't
> make it work... I believe MS intentionally disabled that.
>
> Tony Su
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am not sure I follow. Are you saying I should join the
> VPN client's
> >(someone's home PC) to the domain? VPN is on the SBS
> 2003 server.
> >
> >What I meant to say is people are able to connect from
> the outside.
> >(Therefore port settings, firewall etc. are configured)
> however, they would
> >need to go into windows explorer and type
> \\servername\share in order to get
> >to their files. Instead, is it possible to have those
> folders mapped just
> >like the way they are in the office?
> >
> >"Robert King [MSFT]" <a-rking@online.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:NeD9qsvAEHA.2996@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...
> >> Join the computer to the Domain locally, open up any
> ports that may be
> >> blocked, logon to the VPN, and logon to the server (if
> the VPN is not on
> >> the server).
> >>
> >> Robert King
> >> Microsoft Product Support Specialist
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
> and confers no
> >rights.
> >>
> >> --------------------
> >> |
> >> | I use sbs_login_script.bat to map network drives.
> What would I need to
> >do
> >> | so that when a user logs in via VPN they will see
> mapped drives within
> >My
> >> | Computer?
> >> |
> >> |
> >> |
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >



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