Re: Another way to add passwords to simple network shares
From: gg (ReplytoNewsGroupOnlyPls@allMailIgnored.gg)
Date: 01/16/03
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From: "gg" <ReplytoNewsGroupOnlyPls@allMailIgnored.gg> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:54:15 -0700
Nice but have you considered that there can be more than one share on a
folder? And each share has its own shared permission. you make that access
user or group dependent and requiring password for remote user to connect
"Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Folks;
>
> As regular readers of these groups know, a frustrating omission from XP
> Home Edition and XP Pro simple file sharing is the ability to add a
> password to a shared folder. Two alternatives long known are to make the
> shares read-only or to share a compressed folder and put a password on
> the compressed folder.
>
> I've found another way to put passwords on shared folders. It is a
> system-wide share password, not per-folder like win98, but you might
> like it.
>
> To password protect your simple file shares, enable the Guest account in
> User Accounts control panel. Then open a command window and enter the
> command "net user guest password" and close the command window. This
> enables a password on the Guest account.
>
> Return to User Accounts control panel and select the Guest account. You
> can now set a password to access your shares across the network and/or
> to logon locally to the Guest account. You can disable the Guest account
> again to prevent console logon to the Guest account.
>
> Your file shares will now be protected by the Guest password. Remote
> users will get the IPC$ password prompt, just like with "complex" file
> sharing.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
> (Please respond only in the newsgroup)
>
>
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