Re: Shared file permissions

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 12:15:57 -0600

Greetings --

    In a peer-to-peer (workgroup) environment, it's necessary to
create a local user account for each user who will be accessing a
machine's shares via the network. These links can explain it better
than I:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

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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"Googy" <googy55@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:UMq4b.7876$Eq5.4424@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> Guess I didn't do a good job explaining the problem.  When I "add"
users
> under security tab - only users with accounts on that PC are
available to
> "add".  I want to add a restricted user on the network, and the
network user
> names are not available and do not validate when you type them in by
hand.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net> wrote in message
> news:vl4d41e4ipnu54@corp.supernews.com...
> > Greetings --
> >
> > HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> >
> > --
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> >
> > You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever count on
> > having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> > "Googy" <googy55@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:0iq4b.9612$vg3.3297@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> > > Small Home network running XP.  Using workgrops, no domains.
One
> > computer
> > > (name="daddy") is file server for all others
> > > How do I restrict users on other PC's from accessing a
particular
> > folder on
> > > a shared drive?
> > >
> > > Setting permissions on "daddy" pc doesn't show user
names(accounts)
> > for any
> > > computer except "daddy" - so how do I restrict a user account
> > (molly) on
> > > machne name "baby" from accessing folder name "poison" on the
file
> > server
> > > PC - "daddy"???
> > >
> > > Trying to view other locations from the "daddy' machne does not
show
> > any
> > > other machine names (I wold expect to see "baby", and others)
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help
> > >
> > > GG
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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