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by eminent87

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Hi,

What is the account Server Operator use for? I have this issue where remote user cannot access the file server unless we add them to the member of Server Operator account. Is this safe to do? If not, then is there another way around this?

I noticed that this only happens remotely. If the user is inside the office then they don't have a problem getting to it.

We are using Windows 2000 server with Active Directory and clients are either on XP or 2000 pro.

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by bliney

When you say 'remote access', what do you mean? Is this remote desktop, athird party remote connection suite or just basic network browsing?

by eminent87

VPN. When user VPN in, they can't access our file server unless we add them to the Server Operator account.

by ross.bale

Are the users struggling to access shared folders ? Server operators group is required to administer shared folders, suggest checking shared folder setup and rights - remember share and filesystem rights are different.

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