Re: Folder Sharing in Workgroup Environment

From: Soul (no_at_spam.com)
Date: 08/09/03 

Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:20:45 +1000

Do you mean that the local user account I create for the shared folder on my
PC must has the same username and password as the one that use to login on
other PC.

I.e. userB with password 1234 is use to login to PC-B. So, on my PC I must
create a local account with the username as userB and password as 1234.

Am I right?

Thank you for those links. 

-- 
Soul
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net> wrote in message
news:vja6mflli46i89@corp.supernews.com...
| Greetings --
|
|    On the WinXP PCs, create local user account(s), with non-blank
| password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
| shares.  Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will
| be able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
| configured properly.  Make sure that all three computers are using the
| same networking protocol, are members of the same workgroup, and are
| on the same subnet.
|
|   Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless -- 
| almost entirely automatic, in fact.  There's a lot of useful,
| easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:
|
| Home Networking
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp
|
| HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418
|
| Networking Information
| http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm
|
| PracticallyNetworked Home
| http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm
|
| Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
| http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
|
|
| Bruce Chambers
|
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|
| "Soul" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
| news:e19dT5oXDHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > Hi,
| >
| > I have two desktop PCs running WindowsXP Pro and one notebook
| running
| > Windows XP Home, they are all networked in my home WLAN, and are
| members of
| > the same Workgroup.
| >
| > I would like to share a folder on my PC to others PC users, but
| restricted
| > access by using a local user account I created in my PC (with
| password of
| > course).
| >
| > The problem is, when other PCs user type in
| \\ComputerName\\SharedName in
| > their Windows Explorer, it did not ask for username and password,
| but
| > instead an error message saying that they do not have permission to
| access
| > the folder.
| >
| > It will only work if I map my shared folder on those other PCs
| specifying
| > the username and password. But I don't prefer to use this method.
| >
| > Can anyone help?!
| >
| > Thank you.
| >
| > -- 
| > Soul
| >
| >
| >
|
|

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