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      afvadmin
      last edited by

      ok still cant access im trying to run a program of the server i have the access to view the shared folder but jus cant run the program i even installed the program pointed it to the ip address of the server so it would get its data from the server and the program fails to run as a matter a fact i cant even install a program from the network share do you think this is a windows server problem or it just cant be fixed cause open vpn stats for certain programs you either have to build a samba or wins server or bridge the connection and i went with bridging an still cant get through i even entered custom options so that the vpn connection would have an ip just like the domain is there any setting i overlooked or anything on my dns server i have to do

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        Can you:

        a) See the share from the VPN?
        b) Connect to the share from the VPN?
        c) See the contents of files on the share from the VPN?
        d)
          1) Ping the server from the LAN?
          2) Ping the server from the VPN?

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          afvadmin
          last edited by

          Can you:

          a) See the share from the VPN?
          yes

          b) Connect to the share from the VPN?
          yes i mapped a drive

          c) See the contents of files on the share from the VPN?
          yes i can copy files from the shared folder

          d)
           1) Ping the server from the LAN?
          yes

          2) Ping the server from the VPN?
          yes

          only thing is cant run a program from the vpn and cant copy to the vpn i think ill give the authentication in open vpn with the ldap service

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          • Cry HavokC
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            When you say "to the vpn" - exactly what do you mean?  You've already said you can connect to, and use, shares at the far end of the VPN so there's no obvious problem.

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              afvadmin
              last edited by

              what i mean is if i copy a file the the vpn i usually get an error ill try it again to give you the exact code i had it written down somewhere

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              • Cry HavokC
                Cry Havok
                last edited by

                Sounds like a file/share permissions error on the server - nothing to do with the VPN since you can copy files off of the share.

                Are you authenticating to the file server?

                Does it work, copying a file to the file server, from the local network?

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                  afvadmin
                  last edited by

                  honestly i dont think im authenticating i tried to get the authentication going with the ldap authentication post but it may be my pfsense version is to old cause i cant add the needed packages

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                  • Cry HavokC
                    Cry Havok
                    last edited by

                    No, not authentication to pfSense, authentication to the file server - the 2 are completely unrelated.

                    When you connect to the file server, do you have to specify a username and password?

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                      afvadmin
                      last edited by

                      im on a domain, and i am the administrator i can simply browse the network, if i use an alternate user on the computer which is not on the domain then it does ask for user name and password

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                      • Cry HavokC
                        Cry Havok
                        last edited by

                        And from the VPN?

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                          afvadmin
                          last edited by

                          that is from the vpn what i described is when im connected to the vpn i think there should be some integration from open vpn on the firewall to the dns server on my network which is not taking place so that it can be added to the user under policies almost like routing and remote acess

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                          • Cry HavokC
                            Cry Havok
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                            To be blunt, I think you need to bring in somebody with more experience than you have.  If DNS didn't work then you wouldn't be able to map the share.  From what you've said it all sounds like an authentication problem.  When you map the share across the VPN:

                            a) Is the remote device on the domain?
                            b) Are you providing a username and password?

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