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Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: Teviot on July 17, 2005, 06:47:09 PM

I have done a search for documentation on how to allow or dis-allow access to the user manager panel from the internet and haven't been able to locate any.

Could somebody tell me where I could find this or how to allow access to the user manager panel from the internet.

Thanks
Adrian

Title: Re: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: raem on July 18, 2005, 03:57:27 AM

teviot

http://www.dungog.net/sme/files/userpanel/

also search the devinfo list for annoucements re this

The latest version supports https connection if you configure server manager remote access panel to allow access to the server manager from a fixed IP.

Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: Teviot on July 18, 2005, 01:47:56 PM

Thank you.  But what I am looking for is to allow ANY user on the system to access the user manager from ANY where

Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: raem on July 19, 2005, 12:10:25 AM

teviot

VPN to server then

http://serverIP/user-manager

Title: Re: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: raem on July 19, 2005, 12:12:36 AM

teviot

http://www.dungog.net/sme/files/userpanel/

and in caese you didn't look at the link above
see
http://www.dungog.net/sme/files/userpanel/remote%20access%20to%20user%20manger.doc
which describes creating a ssh tunnel

Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: Teviot on July 19, 2005, 12:56:49 PM

Thats fine ... BUT ...


Users aren't going to install software that they don't know much about nor are they going to go thought a process as described to do SIMPLE tasks.

My original question STILL STANDS

Also, Earlier versions allow the access I'm describing

Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: raem on July 19, 2005, 01:44:42 PM

teviot

Your original question has been answered it's just you don't like the answer !

Keep in mind there are very serious security issues with allowing server manager and user manager access openly from anywhere on the Internet and that is why such access is not allowed.

VPN is a very valid way to achieve what you want, it requires no additional software as all current Windows have a VPN client that just needs to be configured. It takes me about 15 seconds to establish a VPN connection. Then you browse to the user manager via IP URL.


> Earlier versions allow the access I'm describing

Which earlier version was that and of what contrib or function ?


I was never aware that user manager could connect openly from the Internet. That is a very recent addition to the contrib which is limited to specified IPs (or via ssh tunnel as per HOWTO).
See post by snoble at
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=26402.msg108034#msg108034

Title: User Manager panel access for the internet (WAN)
Post by: Smitro on July 25, 2005, 12:39:03 AM

Get the latest version of Horde. Built in is what your after.