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Is it possible to limit a remote access user to only see one particular NT server on a network? Basically, I want this person to not be able to browse the network and only access one server on the network. I am using a 3com RAS solution.

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by nettek

You don't say what protocol platform you are using on your LAN, but I will assume TCP/IP. If your 3Com RAS setup will allow the NetBEUI protocol, you can remove TCP/IP from the RAS clients and set them up with only the NetBEUI protocol. Add the NetBEUI protocol to the server that you want the remote clients to access. If the other servers run only TCP/IP then the client will not be able to access them.

by ffrr

Depends...You can stipulate in the Ras Network settings that the client can only access the machines running RAS or Entire Network. I don't think that there is any way of specifying any other machines, unless to set User Level Security so that theycan't access any shares on any other servers?
Hope this helps.

by scsm463

If the machine is not a domain controller, and you want to give the user access to the machine they are dialing into, you could setup a local user account on that server.
The other way is to limit access to the dialin server for all users but that doesn't sound like what you want to do. Hope this helps

by bcross

Remeber than when files are accessed remotely, the MOST RESTRICTIVE permission is used. Creat a new global group, add that user to the group. Configure all the root shares to give that group No Access, and configure the shares you want him to accesswith the proper permissions. I have no idea how complicated you're network is, but assuming you've got at least one server you want to grant him no access on, configure the C$ share (or $ share on the appropriate drive) with his global group to No Access and check "replace permissions on all subfolders". This should easily secure the entire server by only having to make a single modification. Hopefully you're network isn't too complicated...

Another possibility, though I don't know if thereis a way, is to you the policy editor to create a manditory profile for his account, disable network browsing but map a drive to the shares you want him to access. Since you're going over RAS, this may not be possible... or maybe it's just not possible at all... I've never explored it. At any rate, my other suggestion should work.

by bcross

PLEASE NOTE: Make sure you test this solution 1st. If you replace all permissions on all subfolders on an entire server, and all folders are granted the access specified by the C$ share, no one but an administrator will be able to access ANYTHING onthat ENTIRE computer. I high suggest you test the permission changes on something that might not totally screw up you're network. I only say this because it's been a while since I've messed with shares and have forgotten exactly what is affected by what.

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