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Remotely Connecting to SharedFolders

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GlxyDs:
Hi,

I'm having issues with WebDAV with SharedFolders.

I easily got SharedFolders installed and working locally. I now need to be able to use it off-site. I have web access (with password) enabled as well as webDAV, force secure conn, and indexes.

I am using SME Server in server-only mode, and I have other web servers setup on the network so in my router I had to port forward port 88 to SME Server (192.168.0.30) port 80. Now, I try to access my SME Server using my domain and the share name: http://office.csystems.com:88/test but Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.

In my error log I find the following:


--- Code: ---Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01
--- End code ---

I tried to map the location using a similar URL (\\office.csystems.com:88\test) and it then had a prompt for the user/pass but no matter which user I use, I would get declined and the error log would show the following:


--- Code: ---Invalid method in request \x80F\x01\x03\x01
--- End code ---


I am not very good with this stuff and feel like I won't be able to resolve it alone...

Daniel B.:
Hi. As you choosed to force secure connections, you also need to forward a port from your router to port 443 of your SME box. And you need to explicitly use https and the port which you forward to the 443 one. This is for simple https access. If you want to use webdav, I strongly recommend to use a real webdav client (bitkinex is not a bad one for example), as the default one in Windows never really worked reliably.

Regards, Daniel

GlxyDs:
Thanks Daniel! If I wasn't using the secure way, what port would I have to forward? Would it not just be port 80?

I made the changes you mentioned and now in Windows I get a user prompt and put in the proper user/pass but get this error:


--- Code: ---(13)Permission denied: access to /test denied
--- End code ---

I will try to use a different client like you mentioned.

Daniel B.:
If you don't force secure connections, you can either use port 80 with plain text http, or port 443 with secured https. If you force secured connections, any requests for this share in plain text will be redirected to the secured equivalent on port 443. If you ask for a password to access the share, forcing secured connections is highly encouraged.

Regards, Daniel

GlxyDs:
Daniel,

I'm getting a permission error now! Progress though! I'm very grateful.


--- Code: ---(13)Permission denied: access to /test denied
--- End code ---

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