[Samba] Re: RE VPN Access to Network / server file system

[Nolan Garrett]

We'll need more info regarding your IP set up, and samba config.

I access my Samba via VPN, and it was necessary to ensure that the
firewall / router knows the appropriate routes and passes traffic
through, as well as make sure Samba is listening on the correct interface.

Nick Gorman wrote:
> Hello,
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> I have access to our network via a VPN ADSL router and can ping the Samba
> server but I can map network drives, thro. XP.
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> Samba is new to me and I would like some help in understanding what I have
> to do, to use windows XP which is dial-in by VPN, to connect at a  windows
> XP client to our file server.  The file server is running Samba 2.2.5 and
> the OS is Linux Redhat 8.
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> Kind regards,
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> Nick Gorman
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> E-mail:  <mailto:ngorman at torturecare.org.uk> ngorman at torturecare.org.uk
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