[Samba] get Samba Server via VPN from windows XP

[David C. Rankin]

Engi Zoltán wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have network in my office with Samba server on Debian Linux. I would 
> like to get the folders and files in this server from my home with 
> Windows XP.
> So, I done the VPN connection. I think, it works good. In the VPN 
> connection Samba Server's ip address is 192.168.2.1 and net mask is 
> 255.255.255.255. The client's ip address is 192.168.2.6. and netmask is 
> 255.255.255.252.
> I can ping the server from the client and back too.  The  workgrupname  
> in the smb.conf and windows XP are same.
> 
> The problem is that I can't  see the linux computer in the network place 
> on the Windows XP. Why?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Zoli
> 
> 

Here is my post from 3/17/08 on the topic. It does work great, even from 
network neighborhood:

Jon Theil Nielsen wrote:
 > My goal is to make VPN access to our Samba PDC (FreeBSD 7.0) so that users
 > can access there home shares from Windows clients.
 > I have read the instructions at
 > http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/lorikeet/pppd/final-report.pdf, but I can't
 > make it work.
<snip>
 > Regards,
 > Jon

Jon,

     I do it this way:

pptp VPN server

/etc/pptpd.conf
option /etc/ppp/options.pptp
debug (comment out after testing)
localip 192.168.7.12
remoteip 192.168.7.2-5
pidfile /var/run/pptpd.pid

/etc/ppp/options.pptp
lock
noauth
nobsdcomp
lcp-echo-failure 10
lcp-echo-interval 10

/etc/ppp/options
name bonza.rbpllc.com
noipdefault
noauth
lock
local
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-max-configure 60
lcp-restart 2
idle 600
noipx
file /etc/ppp/filters
proxyarp
ms-dns 192.168.7.15
ms-wins 192.168.7.15
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap

/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
*       bonza.rbpllc.com        ""
<username>   <yourserver.yourdomain.com>   <password>  *

/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
<username>           *               <password>          *

     Of course, use your own information and get rid of the "< >" in the pap 
and chap-secret files. Good luck. This works like a charm. Just don't forget to 
open [port 1723] in your firewall and router for accessing the server locally 
as well as remotely. Also, you may need:

# TAG: bcrelay <if>
bcrelay eth0

in /etc/pptpd.conf if you are running an older version of pptpd to improve 
remote browsing.


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