Looking for feedback on why a share on a VPN would auto-lock when using FILE>>OPEN
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Not sure this is the right section to ask but none seemed perfect. I've been having an issue for several months that no one in IT can explain so maybe a software devs take could shed some light. We have a VPN tunnel that we use to access file shares located on the network of the software vendor who's accounting software we use. I use and have ben using for several years IDM Comp's UltraEdit Studio as my text editor. Starting a few months back when I go to FILE//OPEN, select the File Share that's on the other side of teh VPN Tunnel within a few seconds I get locked out from accessing not only from within the text editor but also with Windows Explorer. If I use window explorer to locate a file and then open it I'm fine it's only when starting from the text editor I get locked out after trying to browse to a file. Once the lockout happens I can't use Windows Explorer either to access any of teh files on teh share until the lock is released. The software vendor's people say it's nothing they've done and yet this was not an issue until a few months ago. Initially there was like a 1 in 10 chance I'd get locked out trying to browse to and open a file and then it got worse and worse until now it's %100. Initially I thought maybe it was something with Ultra Edit Studio but I switched to using regular old Notepad and the same thing happened so it's not a problem just with Ultra Edit Studio. I feel like something must be happening in the back ground any time I'm using an apps FILE>>OPEN feature to browse to and select a file, something that the security on teh other side of teh VPN is detecting as a malicious attack and thus temporarily locking out the account. Have any of you ever run into something like this or have any thoughts?
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Not sure this is the right section to ask but none seemed perfect. I've been having an issue for several months that no one in IT can explain so maybe a software devs take could shed some light. We have a VPN tunnel that we use to access file shares located on the network of the software vendor who's accounting software we use. I use and have ben using for several years IDM Comp's UltraEdit Studio as my text editor. Starting a few months back when I go to FILE//OPEN, select the File Share that's on the other side of teh VPN Tunnel within a few seconds I get locked out from accessing not only from within the text editor but also with Windows Explorer. If I use window explorer to locate a file and then open it I'm fine it's only when starting from the text editor I get locked out after trying to browse to a file. Once the lockout happens I can't use Windows Explorer either to access any of teh files on teh share until the lock is released. The software vendor's people say it's nothing they've done and yet this was not an issue until a few months ago. Initially there was like a 1 in 10 chance I'd get locked out trying to browse to and open a file and then it got worse and worse until now it's %100. Initially I thought maybe it was something with Ultra Edit Studio but I switched to using regular old Notepad and the same thing happened so it's not a problem just with Ultra Edit Studio. I feel like something must be happening in the back ground any time I'm using an apps FILE>>OPEN feature to browse to and select a file, something that the security on teh other side of teh VPN is detecting as a malicious attack and thus temporarily locking out the account. Have any of you ever run into something like this or have any thoughts?
Never heard of the problem. I think this is going to be a call to Microsoft Support. There may have been a patch that did it or the VPN was updated and something in there is screwing with the network connection.
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Dave Kreskowiak -
Not sure this is the right section to ask but none seemed perfect. I've been having an issue for several months that no one in IT can explain so maybe a software devs take could shed some light. We have a VPN tunnel that we use to access file shares located on the network of the software vendor who's accounting software we use. I use and have ben using for several years IDM Comp's UltraEdit Studio as my text editor. Starting a few months back when I go to FILE//OPEN, select the File Share that's on the other side of teh VPN Tunnel within a few seconds I get locked out from accessing not only from within the text editor but also with Windows Explorer. If I use window explorer to locate a file and then open it I'm fine it's only when starting from the text editor I get locked out after trying to browse to a file. Once the lockout happens I can't use Windows Explorer either to access any of teh files on teh share until the lock is released. The software vendor's people say it's nothing they've done and yet this was not an issue until a few months ago. Initially there was like a 1 in 10 chance I'd get locked out trying to browse to and open a file and then it got worse and worse until now it's %100. Initially I thought maybe it was something with Ultra Edit Studio but I switched to using regular old Notepad and the same thing happened so it's not a problem just with Ultra Edit Studio. I feel like something must be happening in the back ground any time I'm using an apps FILE>>OPEN feature to browse to and select a file, something that the security on teh other side of teh VPN is detecting as a malicious attack and thus temporarily locking out the account. Have any of you ever run into something like this or have any thoughts?
Sounds like you're trying to open "vendor files" (for WRITE?) on THEIR network. As a vendor, I would only allow downloads ... which doesn't include trying to open them with Notepad, etc.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Sounds like you're trying to open "vendor files" (for WRITE?) on THEIR network. As a vendor, I would only allow downloads ... which doesn't include trying to open them with Notepad, etc.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Yes for read write but I can do that fine now as long as I don't go to FILE>>OPEN from within the app (any text editor) but instead browse to the file and select it in Windows Explorer and double-click (or right click and select open). Thanks for the reply
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Never heard of the problem. I think this is going to be a call to Microsoft Support. There may have been a patch that did it or the VPN was updated and something in there is screwing with the network connection.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave Kreskowiak -
Sounds like you're trying to open "vendor files" (for WRITE?) on THEIR network. As a vendor, I would only allow downloads ... which doesn't include trying to open them with Notepad, etc.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Last I checked, Notepad only opened files for Shared Read access. It only opened for Write when saving.
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Dave Kreskowiak -
Yes for read write but I can do that fine now as long as I don't go to FILE>>OPEN from within the app (any text editor) but instead browse to the file and select it in Windows Explorer and double-click (or right click and select open). Thanks for the reply
That doesn't really make sense. When you double-click a file in Explorer, it looks up the file extension in its handler table and just launches the command line associated with the extension. So, by default, for .TXT file you double-click, Explorer will launch Notepad.exe %1, and replace the %1 with the full path to the file you double-clicked. The app then has to open the file itself and will do it exactly like it would if you went to File/Open in the application and selected it.
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Dave Kreskowiak -
That doesn't really make sense. When you double-click a file in Explorer, it looks up the file extension in its handler table and just launches the command line associated with the extension. So, by default, for .TXT file you double-click, Explorer will launch Notepad.exe %1, and replace the %1 with the full path to the file you double-clicked. The app then has to open the file itself and will do it exactly like it would if you went to File/Open in the application and selected it.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave Kreskowiak -
Last I checked, Notepad only opened files for Shared Read access. It only opened for Write when saving.
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Dave KreskowiakI agree; but what is actually happening from the VPN's point of view? I'm not sure of what's being run from where; or if the "host" has changed access rules.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I