Topic: Outlook Web Access

[bomber]

Hi all,

bit of an esmith newbie here.

We have an exchange box on our internal network. How can I allow users to use OWA from home.

Is there an easy way to get them to see our Exchange box.

cheers,

Adam

[Boris]

Search for proxypass addon.

[gelcube]

Wouldn't it be easier to just port forward the port that you have OWA setup on?

[Brave Dave]

personally favour vpn

[Boris]

Wouldn't it be easier to just port forward the port that you have OWA setup on?

I runs on the standard HTTP and HTTPS ports. Those already used by SME itself. That is why proxypass is needed.

[funkusmunkus]

After you get proxy pass also follow this as well:

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Sean Gray wrote this hack to make OWA work.
Exchange sux but if you must have it here goes...

Setup the Exchange box as your delegate server in the server-manager.

Make sure the FQDN resolves to the internal IP of the exchange server.
So, 'ping FQDN' and make sure it pings internal, if not fix it in dns
or /etc/hosts.

Do the following as root:
mkdir /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/­ httpd/conf/httpd.conf -p
vi /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/­ httpd/conf/httpd.conf/97msExchange­ Proxy
Put the entire contents of this file into .../97msExchangeProxy and edit
the FQDN for your site.
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

All done and it ought to work.

ProxyPass /exchange/ http://FQDN/exchange/
ProxyPass /exchweb/ http://FQDN/exchweb/
ProxyPass /public/ http://FQDN/public/
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http://wiki.contribs.org/docs/rmcnew/migrated_howtos/outlookweb.txt

That's the link here for what i mentioned
 so good luck

[hanscees]

Hi,

make sure you have a backup of your exchange box because you will get hacked if you put it on the internet without precaution.

Only allow https, because with http your user-accounts will get sniffed.

Patch your exchange box like crazy because the owa functionality is based on IIS, which is attacked by worms every 5 seconds or so.

But vpn is really the only way to do this secure. Let your users only conect via a vpn setup.

I don't know if open-vpn runs on e-smith but that would be my choice.

greetings

Hans-Cees