I get a copy error when I try to copy DLL and/or EXE files from my local computer, over to our VPN site.

this is an important thing as we are using "Publish" from our local system/developer computers over to our remote server.

  • Both networks are connected via Site-2-Site connection over our Fortigate firewall. (The firewall is NOT the blocking entity)
  • The remote machine is a Windows Server 2008, R2
  • I tried the local firewall settings for Private and Public networks - it is not the problem.
  • To Note, I am able to copy any other file: txt, pdf, xml etc (data files) with no problem.

More tests that I did:

- Create a remote temp folder.
    - Share with everyone - Read/Write
    - Still can not copy from local to remote via UNC

- If I log with RDP to my remote server, I can go to my local disk, and copy paste the same file with no problem. (the other way of copy).

on the remote server, I went to change internet settings : Trusted Sites, i changed the value from Automatically, to manually: and selected all checkboxes

I am almost sure it has to be something with security permissions. i.e. I can copy the same file if I am remoteyly RDP'ed into my server, and copy from the dev's PC shared folder.

Looking for some ideas, thanks

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Don't dismiss the Fortigate as the culprit. RDP connections will encapsulate the data for the .exe effectively hiding it from the Fortigate but if you're using pure SMB, the Fortigate may be able to inspect the traffic as it traverses its interfaces. – Lewis Jul 15 '11 at 15:39
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