VPN and Infopath Users

Group:

I am having a problem with a user that logs in across our VPN. I have set up
a field on the InfoPath form which is used to determine the User Group. I
have set it up that the user who creates the form is the initiator. The
field contains the users network login id. It works very well in-house but
anybody trying to connect through the VPN is not recognized as the initiator
and therefore once they have created the form and saved it they loose that
ability. This is important because the workflow setup requires that the
initiator not have access to some stuff and have access to other stuff.

We tried their network login as well as the machine login, ex: machine login
at home is George (no domain) they sign into the VPN as
domain\georgehammond. Neither choice works after saving the form.

The question is, what must I do to enable the users login (preferably the
network login) across the VPN be recognized on the client?

Thanks for all your help,

Greg McAllister

Making a VPN connection is not a login operation. It is just establishing
an IP connection. It would probably work if you required the VPN users to
log in to your network using the "login using a dialup connection" option.
Users don't like this. They want to keep their local login. I can't see any
easy way around the problem.

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> Group:
>
> I am having a problem with a user that logs in across our VPN. I have set
> up
> a field on the InfoPath form which is used to determine the User Group. I
> have set it up that the user who creates the form is the initiator. The
> field contains the users network login id. It works very well in-house but
> anybody trying to connect through the VPN is not recognized as the
> initiator
> and therefore once they have created the form and saved it they loose that
> ability. This is important because the workflow setup requires that the
> initiator not have access to some stuff and have access to other stuff.
>
> We tried their network login as well as the machine login, ex: machine
> login
> at home is George (no domain) they sign into the VPN as
> domain\georgehammond. Neither choice works after saving the form.
>
> The question is, what must I do to enable the users login (preferably the
> network login) across the VPN be recognized on the client?
>
> Thanks for all your help,
>
> Greg McAllister
>
>
>
>