Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

I have a domain set up here at home with a webserver. I have a friend who
needs access to a webserver for one of his classes, and I have offered him a
sub-domain to help him out. I would prefer to allow him to map the folder I
set up for him, but I am unsure the best approach to do this. My question
is will setting him up as a user in the domain automatically allow him to
access/map drives on the server or will I need to setup a VPN? My best
guess is that I will need to use VPN, but I have not had the opportunity to
work with VPN yet, so I am unsure how to correctly set it up. Any ideas or
pointers would be greatly appreciated!

I realize that FTP is a good solution, but he asked if I could make it
possible to work on the files directly on the server to avoid having to
constantly upload his files with every change he makes. I've been there as
I am sure many of you have been also, and would like to help him out with
this.

The only other info I can think of you may require is that I have a PDC and
a BDC, both of which run IIS and have static IPs.
He currently uses Winscp to work on his files at school. I looked at server
software for it but it looks like a lot of work to get it to run.

Thanks much in advance for any help/advice you can give me!

--ScareCrowe




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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

Hi ScareCrowe,

Thanks for posting here!

Based on your description, a VPN server is needed in this scenario.

I am not sure if your domain is build with Windows NT or Windows 2000/2003.

If there is a Windows 2000/2003 machine, you may refer to the following
article to build it:
308208 How To Install and Configure a Virtual Private Network Server in
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308208

If anything is unclear about it, please feel free to let me know.

Hope it helps!

Best Regards,

Jeff Qiu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
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>From: "ScareCrowe" <nospam@nospam.com>
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain
>Subject: Domain or VPN?
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:50:45 -0500
>microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain
>
>I have a domain set up here at home with a webserver. I have a friend who
>needs access to a webserver for one of his classes, and I have offered him
a
>sub-domain to help him out. I would prefer to allow him to map the folder
I
>set up for him, but I am unsure the best approach to do this. My question
>is will setting him up as a user in the domain automatically allow him to
>access/map drives on the server or will I need to setup a VPN? My best
>guess is that I will need to use VPN, but I have not had the opportunity to
>work with VPN yet, so I am unsure how to correctly set it up. Any ideas or
>pointers would be greatly appreciated!
>
>I realize that FTP is a good solution, but he asked if I could make it
>possible to work on the files directly on the server to avoid having to
>constantly upload his files with every change he makes. I've been there as
>I am sure many of you have been also, and would like to help him out with
>this.
>
>The only other info I can think of you may require is that I have a PDC and
>a BDC, both of which run IIS and have static IPs.
>He currently uses Winscp to work on his files at school. I looked at
server
>software for it but it looks like a lot of work to get it to run.
>
>Thanks much in advance for any help/advice you can give me!
>
>--ScareCrowe
>
>
>
>
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