Accessing shares over internet

I have a remote client accessing a SQL database via an internet connection to
a public IP address on our SQL server. THe program needs to access a shared
folder for printing reports in the program, but the client does not recognize
the UNC path to the folder because they are not on the network. How can I
get around this? LMHOSTS?
TIA,
S. Thompson
Hi
\\ipaddress\sharename does work over the internet, as long as the correct
ports are opened to allow Kerberos or NT Challenge/Response authentication.
If you do, you are asking to get hacked. I would not recommend doing this.
Is there not another printing solution you can use?
Regards
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"scottdog129" <scottdog129@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a remote client accessing a SQL database via an internet connection
>to
> a public IP address on our SQL server. THe program needs to access a
> shared
> folder for printing reports in the program, but the client does not
> recognize
> the UNC path to the folder because they are not on the network. How can I
> get around this? LMHOSTS?
> TIA,
> S. Thompson
|||No, there doesnt seem to be another solution. Would I use an LMHOST entry
for that?
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" wrote:

> Hi
> \\ipaddress\sharename does work over the internet, as long as the correct
> ports are opened to allow Kerberos or NT Challenge/Response authentication.
> If you do, you are asking to get hacked. I would not recommend doing this.
> Is there not another printing solution you can use?
> Regards
> --
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
> IM: mike@.epprecht.net
> MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
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