Re: File sharing passwords

From: Nicolai (gustavou@mail.sysnet.net.tw)
Date: 05/14/02 

From: "Nicolai" <gustavou@mail.sysnet.net.tw>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 00:41:38 -0700

Great. I got someone who had the same problem with using
Windows XP as me. I am appreciate what Roger had provided.
However, Roger seemed not to really understand what the
problem is.

It's easy to share file or directory with someone in
another PC via network. You just have to set the password
in your own PC then someone else can access your shared
files/dirs via network when his password is correct.

In NT family, someone else from network should have an
account and password on the shared PC to access the shared
files/dirs unless the guest account is opened on the
shared PC.

However, Windows XP home edition seems not to provide
neither the solution in Windows 98 nor that in NT family.
If you want to share your files, you just have to set the
sharing flag on. You can changed the shared name but it
won't change your file/dirs. However, YOU CAN'T MODIFILED
SECURITY OPTION BECAUSE THERE'S NO SECURITY OPTION ABOUT
FILES/DIRS SHARING IN WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION. What's the
problem?

>-----Original Message-----
>That makes sense, but is not within XP. Also, keep in
mind
>that his machine could easily be rigged to capture the
pwd
>when used (if someone were determined).
>
>You can set share and also NTFS level permissions so that
>they can only read what is on the shared area. Also,
you can
>configure the account so that it only allows access over
the
>network but not local login. If you have Pro, you could
use
>a web area for the sharing, even allowing authorship so
that
>his account could have write access.
>
>Finally, if you insist that the account you set up for
him does
>not have a parallel account by the same name defined on
his
>machine, then to get at the share he will have to
provide both
>the username and its password.
>
>--
>Roger Abell
>MVP (Windows Platform) Associate Expert
>The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"Ric" <echollis@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:2c0001c1faaa$e1026760$a5e62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
>> Roger,
>>
>> Thanks for the answer. I am concerned about others
from
>> outside being able to access my computer by
infiltrating
>> another computer on our home network. My son is a
gamer
>> and ofter turns his firewall off. (he has his own IP
as do
>> I) I want to make sure that although I allow file
>> sharing with his computer that others can't get into
mine.
>> On the old Win 98 system, I was sure that no one else
>> could get to my shared resources because I required a
>> password each time.
>>
>> Ric
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Shares are accessed with accounts, not password, in
the
>> NT family.
>> >You need to share to users or groups, and they then
>> authenticate
>> >with their username/password.
>> >Read up in the Help system, as this varies by Home/Pro
>> and in
>> >Pro depending on whether Simplified Sharing is used or
>> not.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Roger Abell
>> >MVP (Windows Platform) Associate Expert
>> >The Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >
>> >"Ric" <echollis@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>> >news:26b601c1fa9c$ef526080$a4e62ecf@tkmsftngxa06...
>> >> Since I have started to use XP I have not been able
to
>> >> find out how to password protect file sharing. In
Win
>> 98,
>> >> I could password protect my files from being
accessed
>> from
>> >> another computer. How do I do that within Win XP?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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