Re: Map to share using certificate rather than login/password?

From: Michael Howard [MSFT] (mikehow_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/05/03 

Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 20:39:24 -0700

mapping accounts like this requires a domain and Windows 2000. so the short
answer is no.

also note, you mention using a cert to authenticate, actually it's not a
cert that authenticates an entity - it's the private key associated with the
cert. 

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"Byron" <byron@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:eS7DWnQEDHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> We have an ugly VB application that runs on Win2k Pro systems that are
> members of workgroups.  All the systems need to map to a particular share
on
> any other system which used to transfer files between the systems.  Right
> now we are using a common login/password on all the systems to facilitate
> the drive mapping.  We want to use something like a certificate that would
> reside on all the systems that would be used to authenticate rather than
> having to worry about someone changing the login or password which exists
> only to map through.  The systems will not usually have access to the
> Internet or any other systems while they are connected since they are
> usually connected through a hub or cross-over cable with nothing else
> visible to them.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as the current scheme is
> starting to cause problems.
>
>

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